How To Install libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libproxy-tools
libproxy-tools is:
libproxy is a lightweight library which makes it easy to develop applications proxy-aware with a simple and stable API.
This package contains a program to interact with libproxy from the command line. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video
Package: libproxy-tools Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.4.15-10 Priority: optional Section: universe/libs Source: libproxy Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 35 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libproxy1v5 (>= 0.4.14) Filename: pool/universe/libp/libproxy/libproxy-tools_0.4.15-10_amd64.deb Size: 5432 MD5sum: 6b8e078475d6ce23cffdf4ac1a6342a9 SHA1: a31d5cf22e2f637f495b7a8bf8054d393723ace1 SHA256: 15dd6ea13c16ed198a2e482711931b5f34367bdf4e08cdd9fa0b4b6c39ddf8b8 Homepage: https://libproxy.github.io/libproxy/ Description-en: automatic proxy configuration management library (tools) libproxy is a lightweight library which makes it easy to develop applications proxy-aware with a simple and stable API.
This package contains a program to interact with libproxy from the command line. Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video
There are three methods to install libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libproxy-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxy-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libproxy-tools
Install libproxy-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxy-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libproxy-tools
Install libproxy-tools 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxy-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libproxy-tools
How To Uninstall libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libproxy-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libproxy-tools
Uninstall libproxy-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libproxy-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxy-tools
Remove libproxy-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libproxy-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libproxy-tools
Remove libproxy-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libproxy-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxy-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.