How To Install torsocks on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks on Debian 12.
What is torsocks
torsocks is:
Torsocks allows you to redirect network traffic of individual SOCKS-friendly applications through the Tor network. It also ensures DNS queries are handled correctly and explicitly blocks all UDP traffic from the application in question. It is possible that a given application can leak user/system data at a level that neither Tor nor torsocks can control, a 100% guarantee of being safe to operate with Tor can not be given for applications.
There are three methods to install torsocks on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install torsocks Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install torsocks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install torsocks
Install torsocks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install torsocks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install torsocks
Install torsocks 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install torsocks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install torsocks
How To Uninstall torsocks on Debian 12
To uninstall only the torsocks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove torsocks
Uninstall torsocks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall torsocks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove torsocks
Remove torsocks Configurations and Data
To remove torsocks configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge torsocks
Remove torsocks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove torsocks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge torsocks
Dependencies
torsocks have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
