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