How To Install libproxychains4 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains4 on Ubuntu.
What is libproxychains4
libproxychains4 is:
Proxychains is a UNIX program, that hooks network-related libc functions in dynamically linked programs via a preloaded DLL (dlsym(), LD_PRELOAD) and redirects the connections through SOCKS4a/5 or HTTP proxies. It supports TCP only (no UDP/ICMP etc).
This project, proxychains-ng, is the continuation of the unmaintained proxychains project (known as proxychains package in Debian).
This package provides the runtime shared library used by proxychains-ng program.
There are three methods to install libproxychains4 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libproxychains4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libproxychains4
Install libproxychains4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libproxychains4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libproxychains4
Install libproxychains4 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 libproxychains4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libproxychains4
How To Uninstall libproxychains4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libproxychains4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libproxychains4
Uninstall libproxychains4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libproxychains4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libproxychains4
Remove libproxychains4 Configurations and Data
To remove libproxychains4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libproxychains4
Remove libproxychains4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libproxychains4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libproxychains4
Dependencies
libproxychains4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libproxychains4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.