How To Install ptunnel on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ptunnel
ptunnel is:
ptunnel is an application that allows you to reliably tunnel TCP connections to a remote host using ICMP echo request and reply packets, commonly known as ping requests and replies. It acts as a proxy and can handle sockets and secured identification.
Those features can be very handy when working in a closed networking environment with firewalls and proxies.
There are three methods to install ptunnel
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 ptunnel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ptunnel
Install ptunnel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ptunnel
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ptunnel
Install ptunnel 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 ptunnel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ptunnel
How To Uninstall ptunnel on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ptunnel
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ptunnel
Uninstall ptunnel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ptunnel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ptunnel
Remove ptunnel Configurations and Data
To remove ptunnel
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ptunnel
Remove ptunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ptunnel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ptunnel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ptunnel
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.