How To Install libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libproxy-tools
libproxy-tools is:
libproxy is a lightweight library which makes it easy to develop applications proxy-aware with a simple and stable API.
This package contains a program to interact with libproxy from the command line.
There are three methods to install libproxy-tools 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 libproxy-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxy-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libproxy-tools
Install libproxy-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxy-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libproxy-tools
Install libproxy-tools 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 libproxy-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libproxy-tools
How To Uninstall libproxy-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libproxy-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libproxy-tools
Uninstall libproxy-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libproxy-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxy-tools
Remove libproxy-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libproxy-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libproxy-tools
Remove libproxy-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libproxy-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxy-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxy-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
