How To Install proxychains-ng on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxychains-ng
on AlmaLinux 8.
What is proxychains-ng
ProxyChains NG is based on ProxyChains. ProxyChains NG hooks network-related (TCP only) libc functions in dynamically linked programs via a preloaded DSO (dynamic shared object) and redirects the connections through one or more SOCKS4a/5 or HTTP proxies. Since Proxy Chains NG relies on the dynamic linker, statically linked binaries are not supported.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install proxychains-ng
on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install proxychains-ng.
Install proxychains-ng on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install proxychains-ng
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install proxychains-ng
Install proxychains-ng on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install proxychains-ng
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install proxychains-ng
How To Uninstall proxychains-ng on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the proxychains-ng
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove proxychains-ng
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxychains-ng
on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.