How To Install desproxy on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desproxy on Debian 10.
What is desproxy
desproxy is:
Browsers (in general HTTP clients) use HTTP proxies to request web pages. The proxy forwards those request to the destination server. All the negotiation is done via the HTTP protocol, which is designed just to carry HTTP requests and no generic (TCP/IP) traffic. That is why you can’t (normally) use Internet applications beside your browser if you are behind a HTTP proxy.
That is what desproxy is good for. Desproxy is a TCP tunnel, which means desproxy can forward TCP/IP traffic via a HTTP proxy. Desproxy uses a HTTP/1.1 method (CONNECT) to establish TCP/IP connections on demand. CONNECT is used for SSL connections when accessing to secure sites. So if you can access sites that support SSL (www.hotmail.com for example) you can use desproxy.
There are three methods to install desproxy 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 desproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install desproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install desproxy
Install desproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install desproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install desproxy
Install desproxy 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 desproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install desproxy
How To Uninstall desproxy on Debian 10
To uninstall only the desproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove desproxy
Uninstall desproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall desproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove desproxy
Remove desproxy Configurations and Data
To remove desproxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge desproxy
Remove desproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove desproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge desproxy
Dependencies
desproxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desproxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.