How To Install obfsproxy on Debian 10

Learn how to install obfsproxy on Debian 10 with this tutorial. obfsproxy is pluggable transport proxy for Tor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install obfsproxy on Debian 10.

What is obfsproxy

obfsproxy is:

obfsproxy is a tool that attempts to circumvent censorship by transforming the Tor traffic between the client and the bridge. This way censors, who usually monitor traffic between the client and the bridge, will see innocent-looking transformed traffic instead of the actual Tor traffic.

It is written in Python and is compliant with the Tor pluggable transports specification, and its modular architecture allows it to support multiple pluggable transports.

There are three methods to install obfsproxy on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install obfsproxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install obfsproxy

Install obfsproxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install obfsproxy

Install obfsproxy 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 obfsproxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install obfsproxy

How To Uninstall obfsproxy on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove obfsproxy

Uninstall obfsproxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall obfsproxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove obfsproxy

Remove obfsproxy Configurations and Data

To remove obfsproxy configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge obfsproxy

Remove obfsproxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge obfsproxy

Dependencies

obfsproxy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install obfsproxy package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.