How To Install shadowsocks-libev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install shadowsocks-libev on Kali Linux.
What is shadowsocks-libev
shadowsocks-libev is:
Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy for embedded devices and low end boxes.
Shadowsocks-libev was inspired by Shadowsocks (in Python). It’s rewritten in pure C and only depends on libev, mbedTLS and a few other tiny libraries.
There are three methods to install shadowsocks-libev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install shadowsocks-libev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install shadowsocks-libev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install shadowsocks-libevInstall shadowsocks-libev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install shadowsocks-libev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install shadowsocks-libevInstall shadowsocks-libev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install shadowsocks-libev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install shadowsocks-libevHow To Uninstall shadowsocks-libev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the shadowsocks-libev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove shadowsocks-libevUninstall shadowsocks-libev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall shadowsocks-libev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove shadowsocks-libevRemove shadowsocks-libev Configurations and Data
To remove shadowsocks-libev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge shadowsocks-libevRemove shadowsocks-libev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove shadowsocks-libev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge shadowsocks-libevDependencies
shadowsocks-libev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install shadowsocks-libev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
