How To Install dante-client on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-client on Debian 10.
What is dante-client
dante-client is:
Dante is a circuit-level firewall/proxy that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity to a wide range of hosts while requiring only the server Dante runs on to have external network connectivity.
This package provides the “socksify” client program - a tool which forwards network requests from any program to a SOCKS server (v4 or v5) which then performs them on your behalf.
There are three methods to install dante-client 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 dante-client Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dante-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dante-client
Install dante-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dante-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dante-client
Install dante-client 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 dante-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dante-client
How To Uninstall dante-client on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dante-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dante-client
Uninstall dante-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dante-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dante-client
Remove dante-client Configurations and Data
To remove dante-client configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dante-client
Remove dante-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dante-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dante-client
Dependencies
dante-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-client package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.