How To Install snowflake-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowflake-proxy
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is snowflake-proxy
snowflake-proxy is:
Snowflake helps users circumvent censorship by making a WebRTC connection to volunteer proxies. These proxies relay Tor traffic to a Snowflake bridge and then to through the Tor network.
This package provides the proxy.
There are three methods to install snowflake-proxy
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 snowflake-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snowflake-proxy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snowflake-proxy
Install snowflake-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snowflake-proxy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snowflake-proxy
Install snowflake-proxy 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 snowflake-proxy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snowflake-proxy
How To Uninstall snowflake-proxy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the snowflake-proxy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snowflake-proxy
Uninstall snowflake-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snowflake-proxy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snowflake-proxy
Remove snowflake-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove snowflake-proxy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snowflake-proxy
Remove snowflake-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snowflake-proxy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snowflake-proxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowflake-proxy
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.