How To Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is magic-wormhole-transit-relay
magic-wormhole-transit-relay is:
This repository implements the Magic-Wormhole “Transit Relay”, a server that helps clients establish bulk-data transit connections even when both are behind NAT boxes. Each side makes a TCP connection to this server and presents a handshake. Two connections with identical handshakes are glued together, allowing them to pretend they have a direct connection.
This server used to be included in the magic-wormhole repository, but was split out into a separate repo to aid deployment and development.
There are three methods to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install magic-wormhole-transit-relay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay
Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install magic-wormhole-transit-relay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay
Install magic-wormhole-transit-relay 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 magic-wormhole-transit-relay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install magic-wormhole-transit-relay
How To Uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the magic-wormhole-transit-relay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay
Uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall magic-wormhole-transit-relay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove magic-wormhole-transit-relay
Remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay Configurations and Data
To remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge magic-wormhole-transit-relay
Remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove magic-wormhole-transit-relay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge magic-wormhole-transit-relay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install magic-wormhole-transit-relay package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
