How To Install dante-server on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-server on Ubuntu 20.04. dante-server is SOCKS (v4 and v5) proxy daemon (danted)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-server on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dante-server

dante-server is:

Dante is a circuit-level firewall/proxy that can be used to provide convenient and secure network connectivity to a wide range of hosts while requiring only the server Dante runs on to have external network connectivity.

This package provides the socks proxy daemon (danted). The server part of Dante allows socks clients to connect through it to the network.

There are three methods to install dante-server on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dante-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dante-server

Install dante-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dante-server

Install dante-server 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 dante-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dante-server

How To Uninstall dante-server on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dante-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dante-server

Uninstall dante-server And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dante-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dante-server

Remove dante-server Configurations and Data

To remove dante-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dante-server

Remove dante-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dante-server

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dante-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.