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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "torsocks" package

This is a short guide on how to install torsocks on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall torsocks on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: torsocks
Version: 2.3.0-2
Installed-Size: 335
Maintainer: Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Recommends: tor
Description: use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor
Description-md5: fe70449237bba4d944bbf7a42994057e
Homepage: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git
Tag: role::program, security::privacy
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/torsocks/torsocks_2.3.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 75984
MD5sum: 87a61fd97a400fa80c5ca21560393645
SHA256: 61c8908fca6718eb3e5ccce683b0a084ee99f8b0f54bbdc43b86aacab6cca153