How To Install snowflake-proxy 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 snowflake-proxy on Ubuntu.
What is snowflake-proxy
snowflake-proxy is:
Snowflake helps users circumvent censorship by making a WebRTC connection to volunteer proxies. These proxies relay Tor traffic to a Snowflake bridge and then to through the Tor network.
This package provides the proxy.
There are three methods to install snowflake-proxy 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 snowflake-proxy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snowflake-proxy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snowflake-proxy
Install snowflake-proxy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snowflake-proxy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snowflake-proxy
Install snowflake-proxy 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 snowflake-proxy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snowflake-proxy
How To Uninstall snowflake-proxy on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the snowflake-proxy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snowflake-proxy
Uninstall snowflake-proxy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snowflake-proxy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snowflake-proxy
Remove snowflake-proxy Configurations and Data
To remove snowflake-proxy configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snowflake-proxy
Remove snowflake-proxy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snowflake-proxy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snowflake-proxy
Dependencies
snowflake-proxy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowflake-proxy package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.