How To Install hddemux on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddemux on Ubuntu 22.04. hddemux is HTTP/1.x and DNS demultiplexer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddemux on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is hddemux

hddemux is:

hddemux listens on a stream and routes incoming clients to either an HTTP/1.x backend or a DNS stream-based backend depending on the first request to appear on the stream.

This is useful when making DNS-over-TLS (RFC 7858) connections that appear to the network be HTTPS connections, for example, which makes it easier to traverse a network that would prefer to block the user from making DNS-over-TLS queries.

There are three methods to install hddemux on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install hddemux Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hddemux

Install hddemux Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hddemux

Install hddemux 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 hddemux using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hddemux

How To Uninstall hddemux on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove hddemux

Uninstall hddemux And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hddemux and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hddemux

Remove hddemux Configurations and Data

To remove hddemux configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hddemux

Remove hddemux configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hddemux

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hddemux package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.