toxygen/docs/install.md

How to install Toxygen

From source code (recommended for developers)

Windows

1. Download and install latest Python 2.7
2. Install PySide (PyQt4 support will be added later)
3. Install PyAudio: python -m pip install pyaudio
4. Download toxygen
5. Unpack archive
6. Download latest libtox.dll build, download latest libsodium.a build, put it into \src\libs\
7. Run \src\main.py

Linux

1. Install Python2.7: sudo apt-get install python2.7
2. Install PySide (PyQt4 support will be added later)
3. Install PyAudio: pip install pyaudio
4. Download toxygen
5. Unpack archive
6. Install toxcore in your system
7. Run app: python main.py

Use precompiled binary:

Check our releases page

Compile Toxygen

You can compile Toxygen using PyInstaller:

On Linux:

pyinstaller --windowed src/main.py

On Windows:

pyinstaller --windowed --icon images/icon.ico main.py

Don't forget to copy /images/, /sounds/, /translations/, /styles/, to /dist/main/