How To Install flashproxy-common on Debian 10

Learn how to install flashproxy-common on Debian 10 with this tutorial. flashproxy-common is Pluggable transport to circumvent IP address blocking - common library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-common on Debian 10.

What is flashproxy-common

flashproxy-common is:

Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor’s ability to enumerate and block the IP addresses of those proxies. Censored clients can then connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, by using a hard-to-block, low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.

This package contains the common Python library used by other components.

There are three methods to install flashproxy-common on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install flashproxy-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install flashproxy-common

Install flashproxy-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install flashproxy-common

Install flashproxy-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install flashproxy-common

How To Uninstall flashproxy-common on Debian 10

To uninstall only the flashproxy-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove flashproxy-common

Uninstall flashproxy-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall flashproxy-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove flashproxy-common

Remove flashproxy-common Configurations and Data

To remove flashproxy-common configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge flashproxy-common

Remove flashproxy-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove flashproxy-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flashproxy-common

Dependencies

flashproxy-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-common package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.