How To Install pt-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pt-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pt-websocket
pt-websocket is:
Pluggable transports are tools that transform a stream of application traffic into a different format on the network. This helps to bypass network-level censorship.
This package contains a server transport plugin that accepts connections transformed to look like the websocket protocol. This is typically used to enhance systems like Tor, to provide service even to censored users.
See flashproxy-client for a corresponding client transport plugin, meant for users to bypass censorship, that is compatible with the websocket protocol that this package expects.
(The source package also contains a websocket-client transport plugin, but this is just a demo that is less effective than flashproxy-client, and not meant to be used in real situations.)
There are three methods to install pt-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pt-websocket Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pt-websocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pt-websocket
Install pt-websocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pt-websocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pt-websocket
Install pt-websocket 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pt-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pt-websocket
How To Uninstall pt-websocket on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pt-websocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pt-websocket
Uninstall pt-websocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pt-websocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pt-websocket
Remove pt-websocket Configurations and Data
To remove pt-websocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pt-websocket
Remove pt-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pt-websocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pt-websocket
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pt-websocket package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.