How to Install and Uninstall proxychains Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "proxychains" package

This tutorial shows how to install proxychains on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                proxychains
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "proxychains" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall proxychains on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                proxychains
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the proxychains package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: proxychains
Version: 3.1-8.1
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry
Architecture: all
Depends: libproxychains3 (>= 3.1-8.1)
Description: proxy chains - redirect connections through proxy servers
Description-md5: 040457b770c0fda03ec53238fc3e3cb4
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://proxychains.sourceforge.net
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, network::vpn, role::program,
use::proxying
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/proxychains/proxychains_3.1-8.1_all.deb
Size: 8932
MD5sum: ce50f601094268cb3f23973da92f9337
SHA256: 2e59ed8dd8df8ff6943be934b85c6985a74be5f57cb2ad28e008849fd7dc1558