How To Install proxycheck on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxycheck on Debian 9. proxycheck is checks existence of open proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxycheck on Debian 9.

What is proxycheck

proxycheck is:

proxycheck is a simple tool that will work on a reasonable *nix system and may be used to quickly check whenever a given host or set of hosts has open proxy server running

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proxycheck

Install proxycheck Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proxycheck

Install proxycheck 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 proxycheck using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install proxycheck

How To Uninstall proxycheck on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove proxycheck

Uninstall proxycheck And Its Dependencies

To uninstall proxycheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proxycheck

Remove proxycheck Configurations and Data

To remove proxycheck configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge proxycheck

Remove proxycheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proxycheck

Dependencies

proxycheck have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxycheck package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.