How To Install libsocksd0 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libsocksd0 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libsocksd0 is SOCKS library for packages built using libsocksd-dev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocksd0 on Debian 10.

What is libsocksd0

libsocksd0 is:

Dante is a circuit-level firewall/proxy that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity to a wide range of hosts while requiring only the server Dante runs on to have external network connectivity.

This package provides the Dante SOCKS support library and will generally be automatically selected by packages that require it.

There are three methods to install libsocksd0 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 libsocksd0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocksd0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsocksd0

Install libsocksd0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsocksd0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsocksd0

Install libsocksd0 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 libsocksd0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsocksd0

How To Uninstall libsocksd0 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libsocksd0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsocksd0

Uninstall libsocksd0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsocksd0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsocksd0

Remove libsocksd0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsocksd0 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsocksd0

Remove libsocksd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsocksd0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsocksd0

Dependencies

libsocksd0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsocksd0 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.