How To Install torsocks on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove torsocks

Remove torsocks Configurations and Data

To remove torsocks configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• torsocks website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install torsocks package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.