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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "redsocks" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install redsocks on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall redsocks 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 redsocks package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: redsocks
Source: redsocks (0.5-2)
Version: 0.5-2+b3
Installed-Size: 157
Maintainer: Apollon Oikonomopoulos
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libevent-core-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Enhances: tor
Description: arbitrary TCP connection redirector to a SOCKS or HTTPS proxy server
Description-md5: 47987016a693cca66e9b58bf39853ca2
Homepage: http://darkk.net.ru/redsocks/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::server, role::program,
security::privacy, use::proxying, works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/redsocks/redsocks_0.5-2+b3_amd64.deb
Size: 56008
MD5sum: 919a18a1455570c300812ed2486b845d
SHA256: 168d3d43f8b88b22310c87045a0748c4147ee7389ae0d3f52d1bc46052f8536f