How To Install connect-proxy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install connect-proxy on Kali Linux.
What is connect-proxy
connect-proxy is a simple relaying command to make tunnel TCP connection via SOCKS or HTTPS proxies. It is mainly intended to be used as proxy command of OpenSSH.
There are three ways to install connect-proxy on Kali Linux . We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install connect-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 connect-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install connect-proxy
Install connect-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install connect-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install connect-proxy
Install connect-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 Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install connect-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install connect-proxy
How To Uninstall connect-proxy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the connect-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove connect-proxy
Uninstall connect-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall connect-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove connect-proxy
Remove connect-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove connect-proxy configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge connect-proxy
Remove connect-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove connect-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge connect-proxy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install connect-proxy using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.