How To Install vanguards on Debian 12

Learn how to install vanguards on Debian 12 with this tutorial. vanguards is Additional protections for Tor Onion Services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vanguards on Debian 12.

What is vanguards

vanguards is:

vanguards uses the Stem Tor control port library to connect to a Tor control port. It has three defense subsystems: Vanguards, Rendguard, and Bandguards. All three subsystems apply to both service-side and client-side onion service activity, but NOT to any client traffic that exits the Tor network to the normal Internet.

There are three methods to install vanguards 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 vanguards Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install vanguards using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install vanguards

Install vanguards Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install vanguards using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vanguards

Install vanguards 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 vanguards using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vanguards

How To Uninstall vanguards on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove vanguards

Uninstall vanguards And Its Dependencies

To uninstall vanguards and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vanguards

Remove vanguards Configurations and Data

To remove vanguards configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vanguards

Remove vanguards configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove vanguards configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vanguards

Dependencies

vanguards have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install vanguards package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.