How To Install libproxychains3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 libproxychains3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libproxychains3
How To Uninstall libproxychains3 on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxychains3
Remove libproxychains3 Configurations and Data
To remove libproxychains3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.