How To Install onionbalance on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install onionbalance on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is onionbalance
onionbalance is:
The onionbalance tool provides load-balancing and redundancy for Tor hidden services by distributing user requests to multiple backend Tor instances.
There are three methods to install onionbalance 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 onionbalance Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install onionbalance using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install onionbalance
Install onionbalance Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install onionbalance using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install onionbalance
Install onionbalance 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 onionbalance using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install onionbalance
How To Uninstall onionbalance on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the onionbalance package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove onionbalance
Uninstall onionbalance And Its Dependencies
To uninstall onionbalance and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove onionbalance
Remove onionbalance Configurations and Data
To remove onionbalance configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge onionbalance
Remove onionbalance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove onionbalance configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge onionbalance
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install onionbalance package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
