How To Install flashproxy-facilitator on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-facilitator
on Debian 9.
What is flashproxy-facilitator
flashproxy-facilitator 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 facilitator that accepts registrations (requests for service) from clients, and serves them with a browser proxy that provides access to a Tor relay.
Most end-users do not need to install this package.
There are three methods to install flashproxy-facilitator
on Debian 9. 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-facilitator 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-facilitator
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flashproxy-facilitator
Install flashproxy-facilitator Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-facilitator
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flashproxy-facilitator
Install flashproxy-facilitator 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-facilitator
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flashproxy-facilitator
How To Uninstall flashproxy-facilitator on Debian 9
To uninstall only the flashproxy-facilitator
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flashproxy-facilitator
Uninstall flashproxy-facilitator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flashproxy-facilitator
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flashproxy-facilitator
Remove flashproxy-facilitator Configurations and Data
To remove flashproxy-facilitator
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flashproxy-facilitator
Remove flashproxy-facilitator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flashproxy-facilitator
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flashproxy-facilitator
Dependencies
flashproxy-facilitator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-facilitator
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.