How To Install libproxychains4 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains4 on Kali Linux. libproxychains4 is runtime shared library for proxychains-ng

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains4 on Kali Linux.

What is libproxychains4

libproxychains4 is:

Proxychains is a UNIX program, that hooks network-related libc functions in dynamically linked programs via a preloaded DLL (dlsym(), LD_PRELOAD) and redirects the connections through SOCKS4a/5 or HTTP proxies. It supports TCP only (no UDP/ICMP etc).

This project, proxychains-ng, is the continuation of the unmaintained proxychains project (known as proxychains package in Debian).

This package provides the runtime shared library used by proxychains-ng program.

There are three methods to install libproxychains4 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 libproxychains4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libproxychains4

Install libproxychains4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libproxychains4

Install libproxychains4 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 libproxychains4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libproxychains4

How To Uninstall libproxychains4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libproxychains4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libproxychains4

Uninstall libproxychains4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libproxychains4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxychains4

Remove libproxychains4 Configurations and Data

To remove libproxychains4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libproxychains4

Remove libproxychains4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libproxychains4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxychains4

Dependencies

libproxychains4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.