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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "torsocks" package

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


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall torsocks 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 torsocks package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: torsocks
Version: 2.4.0-1
Installed-Size: 342
Maintainer: Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
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_2.4.0-1_amd64.deb
Size: 74328
MD5sum: 5a693fb77a4a9e61159f0a0606469fae
SHA256: 47dd30641b47ee46b9b3bdfd8a4cf1e4c817c991ef819c13f1b25cbd163124a7