How To Install sshuttle on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshuttle on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sshuttle
sshuttle is:
Sshuttle makes it possible to access remote networks using SSH. It creates a transparent proxy server, using iptables, that will forward all the traffic through an SSH tunnel to a remote copy of sshuttle.
It does not require installation on the remote server, which just needs to have Python installed.
There are three methods to install sshuttle 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 sshuttle Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sshuttle using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sshuttle
Install sshuttle Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sshuttle using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sshuttle
Install sshuttle 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 sshuttle using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sshuttle
How To Uninstall sshuttle on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sshuttle package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sshuttle
Uninstall sshuttle And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sshuttle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sshuttle
Remove sshuttle Configurations and Data
To remove sshuttle configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sshuttle
Remove sshuttle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sshuttle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sshuttle
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sshuttle package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
