How To Install ffproxy on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffproxy on Debian 10.
What is ffproxy
ffproxy is:
ffproxy is a filtering HTTP/HTTPS proxy server.
- It is able to filter by host, URL, and header.
- Custom header entries can be filtered and added.
- It can even drop its privileges and be chrooted.
- Logging to syslog() is supported.
- It can use another auxiliary proxy server.
- HTTP accelerator feature (acting as front-end to a HTTP server) is included.
- It allows transparent IPv6 over IPv4 browsing (and vice versa).
There are three methods to install ffproxy 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 ffproxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ffproxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ffproxy
Install ffproxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ffproxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ffproxy
Install ffproxy 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 ffproxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ffproxy
How To Uninstall ffproxy on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ffproxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ffproxy
Uninstall ffproxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ffproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ffproxy
Remove ffproxy Configurations and Data
To remove ffproxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ffproxy
Remove ffproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ffproxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ffproxy
Dependencies
ffproxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ffproxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.