How to Install and Uninstall torsocks Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "torsocks" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install torsocks on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall torsocks on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: torsocks
Version: 2.3.0-3
Installed-Size: 343
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_2.3.0-3_amd64.deb
Size: 76620
MD5sum: e8ffcd2f7761dc8ad322eac7523d7fb7
SHA256: 49e9a1874594c8af1e8aa6427fd03a64d280c33170549824816b195f499d2b7e