How To Install selektor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install selektor on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is selektor
selektor is:
SelekTOR is a GUI frontend for the network Tor client. Used for security and anonymization purposes or to bypass some firewall. Simplifies the process of selecting Tor exit nodes and manages selective URL pattern based on routing via system proxying.
There are three methods to install selektor 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 selektor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install selektor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install selektor
Install selektor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install selektor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install selektor
Install selektor 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 selektor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install selektor
How To Uninstall selektor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the selektor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove selektor
Uninstall selektor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall selektor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove selektor
Remove selektor Configurations and Data
To remove selektor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge selektor
Remove selektor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove selektor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge selektor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install selektor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
