How To Install flashproxy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is flashproxy-proxy
flashproxy-proxy is:
Flashproxy is a tool to circumvent censorship by setting up many, generally ephemeral, browser-based proxies, with the goal of outpacing a censor’s ability to enumerate and block the IP addresses of those proxies. Censored clients can then connect to a Tor relay via these proxies, by using a hard-to-block, low-bandwidth registration system called the facilitator.
This package contains the browser proxy to be served from a web server. Visitors to this website can then act as ephemeral proxies for censored users.
Most end-users do not need to install this package.
There are three methods to install flashproxy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install flashproxy-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 flashproxy-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install flashproxy-proxy
Install flashproxy-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install flashproxy-proxy
Install flashproxy-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install flashproxy-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install flashproxy-proxy
How To Uninstall flashproxy-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the flashproxy-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove flashproxy-proxy
Uninstall flashproxy-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall flashproxy-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove flashproxy-proxy
Remove flashproxy-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove flashproxy-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge flashproxy-proxy
Remove flashproxy-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove flashproxy-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge flashproxy-proxy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install flashproxy-proxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
