How To Install echolot on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install echolot
on Debian 9.
What is echolot
echolot is:
A Pinger in the context of anonymous remailers is a program that regularly sends messages through remailers to determine their status. Based on the responses, the Pinger calculates reliability statistics which may be used by remailer clients to choose a chain of remailers to use.
Furthermore, Echolot collects configuration parameters and keys of remailers and offers the collected information in a format readable by remailer clients. This helps reduce the administration effort required to use or host remailers.
There are three methods to install echolot
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install echolot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install echolot
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install echolot
Install echolot Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install echolot
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install echolot
Install echolot 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 echolot
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install echolot
How To Uninstall echolot on Debian 9
To uninstall only the echolot
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove echolot
Uninstall echolot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall echolot
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove echolot
Remove echolot Configurations and Data
To remove echolot
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge echolot
Remove echolot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove echolot
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge echolot
Dependencies
echolot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install echolot
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.