How To Install connect-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install connect-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04. connect-proxy is Establish TCP connection using SOCKS4/5 or HTTP tunnel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install connect-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is connect-proxy

connect-proxy is:

connect-proxy is a simple relaying command to make tunnel TCP connection via SOCKS or HTTPS proxies. It is mainly intended to be used as proxy command of OpenSSH.

There are three methods to install connect-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 connect-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 connect-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install connect-proxy

Install connect-proxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install connect-proxy

Install connect-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 connect-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install connect-proxy

How To Uninstall connect-proxy on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the connect-proxy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove connect-proxy

Uninstall connect-proxy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall connect-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove connect-proxy

Remove connect-proxy Configurations and Data

To remove connect-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge connect-proxy

Remove connect-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge connect-proxy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install connect-proxy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.