How To Install proxycheck on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxycheck on Debian 12.
What is proxycheck
proxycheck is:
proxycheck is a simple tool that will work on a reasonable *nix system and may be used to quickly check whenever a given host or set of hosts has open proxy server running.
This package is useful for computer network security checks and also Pentests.
There are three methods to install proxycheck 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 proxycheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install proxycheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install proxycheck
Install proxycheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install proxycheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install proxycheck
Install proxycheck 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 proxycheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install proxycheck
How To Uninstall proxycheck on Debian 12
To uninstall only the proxycheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove proxycheck
Uninstall proxycheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall proxycheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove proxycheck
Remove proxycheck Configurations and Data
To remove proxycheck configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge proxycheck
Remove proxycheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove proxycheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proxycheck
Dependencies
proxycheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proxycheck package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
