How To Install anonip on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install anonip on Debian 12.
What is anonip
anonip is:
Anonip masks the last bits of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. That way most of the relevant information is preserved, while the IP-address does not match a particular individuum anymore.
It can be either used to anonymise existing log files, or directly by a service if it supports loging to shell pipes. Configuring the Apache httpd or nginx is very easy, so that unmasked IP addresses are never written to any file.
With the help of cat, it’s also possible to rewrite existing log files.
There are three methods to install anonip on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install anonip Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install anonip using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install anonip
Install anonip Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install anonip using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install anonip
Install anonip 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 anonip using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install anonip
How To Uninstall anonip on Debian 12
To uninstall only the anonip package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove anonip
Uninstall anonip And Its Dependencies
To uninstall anonip and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove anonip
Remove anonip Configurations and Data
To remove anonip configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge anonip
Remove anonip configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove anonip configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge anonip
Dependencies
anonip have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install anonip package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
