How to Install and Uninstall privoxy Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 13,2025

You can also install and uninstall the privoxy on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "privoxy" package

This guide let you learn how to install privoxy on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall privoxy on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the privoxy package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: privoxy
Version: 3.0.34-1
Installed-Size: 2313
Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, debconf, logrotate, ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.36), libmbedcrypto7 (>= 2.28.0), libmbedtls14 (>= 2.28.0), libmbedx509-1 (>= 2.28.0), libpcre3, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Recommends: doc-base
Suggests: apparmor
Description: Privacy enhancing HTTP Proxy
Description-md5: 6ec5aaf09f151e319fd41d430dbd5eca
Homepage: https://www.privoxy.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, interface::web, network::server,
protocol::http, role::program, security::privacy, use::proxying,
web::server
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/privoxy/privoxy_3.0.34-1_amd64.deb
Size: 645324
MD5sum: 6ed44819c961ea6ae70607b4ecade1a3
SHA256: 767b14a2faefac1dbb3eab9eeacb368f48bb3b0bc1d3d37cb07e6e72a89ded07