How To Install ucspi-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucspi-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ucspi-proxy
ucspi-proxy is:
This package contains a proxy program that passes data back and forth between two connections set up by a UCSPI server and a UCSPI client.
See http://cr.yp.to/proto/ucspi.txt for more information on UCSPI. See http://untroubled.org/ucspi-proxy/ for recent information.
There are three methods to install ucspi-proxy 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 ucspi-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ucspi-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ucspi-proxy
Install ucspi-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ucspi-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ucspi-proxy
Install ucspi-proxy 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 ucspi-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ucspi-proxy
How To Uninstall ucspi-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ucspi-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ucspi-proxy
Uninstall ucspi-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ucspi-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ucspi-proxy
Remove ucspi-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove ucspi-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ucspi-proxy
Remove ucspi-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ucspi-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ucspi-proxy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ucspi-proxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.