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

Last updated: May 11,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tor" package

Please follow the guidance below to install tor on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: tor
Version: 0.4.7.16-1
Installed-Size: 5603
Maintainer: Peter Palfrader
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libevent-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libseccomp2 (>= 0.0.0~20120605), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libsystemd0, libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser, runit-helper (>= 2.14.0~), lsb-base
Recommends: logrotate, tor-geoipdb, torsocks
Suggests: mixmaster, torbrowser-launcher, socat, apparmor-utils, nyx, obfs4proxy
Conflicts: libssl0.9.8 (<< 0.9.8g-9)
Breaks: runit (<< 2.1.2-51~)
Description: anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Description-md5: 9106e8e4b3843ebd532ba2b89615a92e
Homepage: https://www.torproject.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::client, network::routing,
network::server, role::program, security::cryptography,
security::privacy, use::proxying, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tor/tor_0.4.7.16-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1995844
MD5sum: a611feebe8e82153a74d409b6633e748
SHA256: 5bebd99f99edcb8410f62503c3a008dc01ff0ce8515172f601207fadf1f99749