How To Install node-socks on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-socks on Debian 12.
What is node-socks
node-socks is:
Fully featured SOCKS proxy client supporting SOCKSv4, SOCKSv4a, and SOCKSv5. Includes Bind and Associate functionality.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-socks on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-socks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-socks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-socks
Install node-socks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-socks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-socks
Install node-socks 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 node-socks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-socks
How To Uninstall node-socks on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-socks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-socks
Uninstall node-socks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-socks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-socks
Remove node-socks Configurations and Data
To remove node-socks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-socks
Remove node-socks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-socks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-socks
Dependencies
node-socks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-socks package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
