How To Install libshadowsocks-libev2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshadowsocks-libev2 on Debian 12.
What is libshadowsocks-libev2
libshadowsocks-libev2 is:
Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy for embedded devices and low end boxes.
Shadowsocks-libev was inspired by Shadowsocks (in Python). It’s rewritten in pure C and only depends on libev, mbedTLS and a few other tiny libraries.
This package provides shared libraries.
There are three methods to install libshadowsocks-libev2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libshadowsocks-libev2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libshadowsocks-libev2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libshadowsocks-libev2
Install libshadowsocks-libev2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libshadowsocks-libev2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libshadowsocks-libev2
Install libshadowsocks-libev2 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libshadowsocks-libev2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libshadowsocks-libev2
How To Uninstall libshadowsocks-libev2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libshadowsocks-libev2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libshadowsocks-libev2
Uninstall libshadowsocks-libev2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libshadowsocks-libev2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libshadowsocks-libev2
Remove libshadowsocks-libev2 Configurations and Data
To remove libshadowsocks-libev2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libshadowsocks-libev2
Remove libshadowsocks-libev2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libshadowsocks-libev2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libshadowsocks-libev2
Dependencies
libshadowsocks-libev2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libshadowsocks-libev2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
