How to Install and Uninstall libproxychains3 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libproxychains3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libproxychains3 on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libproxychains3" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libproxychains3 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libproxychains3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libproxychains3 package on Kali Linux

Package: libproxychains3
Source: proxychains (3.1-9)
Version: 3.1-9+b1
Installed-Size: 46
Maintainer: Daniel Echeverri
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: proxychains (<< 3.1-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: dnsutils
Suggests: proxychains
Breaks: proxychains (<< 3.1-1)
Size: 13480
SHA256: 7f4a798494b245370eb29bfb88a27837f64cb46bf44b088648c7fcaa60ffcf78
SHA1: 115be56bed132864bf5ddf591018eae0d30c5e1f
MD5sum: 5649c002942f14e97e4544e4aec1d10d
Description: proxy chains -- shared library (runtime)
Proxy chains force any tcp connection made by any given tcp client
to follow through proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier.
It acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver ( intercepts TCP calls )
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See 'proxychains' package for more detailed description.
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This package contains runtime for the shared library used by proxychains.
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The package 'dnsutils' is needed to perform DNS requests through proxy. In the
case you turned 'proxy_dns' option off in configuration file you don't need
dnsutils to be installed.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://proxychains.sourceforge.net
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/proxychains/libproxychains3_3.1-9+b1_amd64.deb