How To Install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks in AlmaLinux 8. torsocks is Use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8.

What is torsocks

Torsocks allows you to use most SOCKS-friendly applications in a safe way with Tor. It ensures that DNS requests are handled safely and explicitly rejects UDP traffic from the application you’re using.

We can use yum or dnf to install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install torsocks.

Install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install torsocks using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install torsocks

Install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install torsocks using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install torsocks

How To Uninstall torsocks on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the torsocks package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove torsocks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.