How To Install ptunnel-ng on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel-ng on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ptunnel-ng
ptunnel-ng is:
ptunnel is an application that allows you to reliably tunnel TCP connections to a remote host using ICMP echo request and reply packets, commonly known as ping requests and replies. It acts as a proxy and can handle sockets and secured identification.
Those features can be very handy when working in a closed networking environment with firewalls and proxies.
There are three methods to install ptunnel-ng 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 ptunnel-ng Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel-ng using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ptunnel-ng
Install ptunnel-ng Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel-ng using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ptunnel-ng
Install ptunnel-ng 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 ptunnel-ng using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ptunnel-ng
How To Uninstall ptunnel-ng on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ptunnel-ng package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ptunnel-ng
Uninstall ptunnel-ng And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ptunnel-ng and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ptunnel-ng
Remove ptunnel-ng Configurations and Data
To remove ptunnel-ng configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ptunnel-ng
Remove ptunnel-ng configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ptunnel-ng configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ptunnel-ng
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel-ng package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
