How To Install privoxy on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

2 minutes • 400 words

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install privoxy on Ubuntu.

What is `privoxy`

privoxy is:

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).

There are three methods to install privoxy 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 privoxy Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install privoxy

Install privoxy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install privoxy

Install privoxy 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 privoxy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install privoxy

How To Uninstall privoxy on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove privoxy

Uninstall privoxy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove privoxy

Remove privoxy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge privoxy

Remove privoxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge privoxy

Dependencies

privoxy have the following dependencies:

References

privoxy website

Summary

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