How To Install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks on Debian 10

Learn how to install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks on Debian 10 with this tutorial. shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks is Another CLI shadowsocks client using libQtShadowsocks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks on Debian 10.

What is shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks is:

libQtShadowsocks provides a lightweight and fast implementation of shadowsocks protocol. This library is written in C++ using Qt.

This package provides a simple cli shadowsocks client.

There are three methods to install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks 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 shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks 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 shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

How To Uninstall shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks on Debian 10

To uninstall only the shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Uninstall shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Remove shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks Configurations and Data

To remove shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Remove shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks

Dependencies

shadowsocks-libqtshadowsocks have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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