How To Install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36.

What is python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy

Tor proxy plugin forces DNF to use Tor to download packages. It makes sure that Tor is working and avoids leaking the hostname by using the proper SOCKS5 interface.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy.

Install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy

Install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy

How To Uninstall python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy

python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dnf/plugins/torproxy.conf
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/torproxy.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/__pycache__/torproxy.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/dnf-plugins/torproxy.py
/usr/share/man/man8/dnf-torproxy.8.gz

References

• python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dnf-plugin-torproxy on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).