How To Install libproxychains3 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains3 on Kali Linux.

What is libproxychains3

libproxychains3 is:

Proxy chains force any tcp connection made by any given tcp client to follow through proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier. It acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver ( intercepts TCP calls )

See ‘proxychains’ package for more detailed description.

This package contains runtime for the shared library used by proxychains.

The package ‘dnsutils’ is needed to perform DNS requests through proxy. In the case you turned ‘proxy_dns’ option off in configuration file you don’t need dnsutils to be installed.

There are three methods to install libproxychains3 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libproxychains3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libproxychains3

Install libproxychains3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libproxychains3

Install libproxychains3 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libproxychains3

How To Uninstall libproxychains3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libproxychains3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libproxychains3

Uninstall libproxychains3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libproxychains3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxychains3

Remove libproxychains3 Configurations and Data

To remove libproxychains3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libproxychains3

Remove libproxychains3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libproxychains3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxychains3

Dependencies

libproxychains3 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libproxychains3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.