How To Install proxychains on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install proxychains on Kali Linux. proxychains is proxy chains - redirect connections through proxy servers

Introduction

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

What is proxychains

proxychains 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 )

This version supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers. Different proxy types can be mixed in the same chain.

Features

  • Access Internet from behind restrictive firewall.
  • Source IP masquerade.
  • SSH tunneling and forwarding.
  • Dynamic LAN-to-LAN VPN channel.
  • Servers and daemons friendly (works fine with sendmail MTA).

http://proxychains.sourceforge.net

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proxychains

Install proxychains Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proxychains

Install proxychains 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 proxychains using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install proxychains

How To Uninstall proxychains on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove proxychains

Uninstall proxychains And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proxychains

Remove proxychains Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge proxychains

Remove proxychains configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proxychains

Dependencies

proxychains have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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