How to Install and Uninstall tor Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "tor" package

This is a short guide on how to install tor on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


    
        
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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 guidance below to uninstall tor on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tor
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tor package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: tor
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.6.10-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Peter Palfrader
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5273
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~~alpha1), libsystemd0, libzstd1 (>= 1.4.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), adduser, lsb-base
Recommends: logrotate, tor-geoipdb, torsocks
Suggests: mixmaster, torbrowser-launcher, socat, apparmor-utils, nyx, obfs4proxy
Conflicts: libssl0.9.8 (<< 0.9.8g-9)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tor/tor_0.4.6.10-1_amd64.deb
Size: 1665012
MD5sum: 31570938a478c09b607698f55e592a58
SHA1: aade3ccd44f707e64295bcee85e9aa48bfae6c5e
SHA256: 4f5ac926c407024052f8529f305e7a186c31c169a7e44ce4520ab7471e0222b8
SHA512: 5b00aa512fb985f7134aac571fe21ed1414c735ee721525db03fe386ba14f4d746ec131625d82fdfea0e5b29fb8a8e5882608a131f8124ead6a70365ddad15ed
Homepage: https://www.torproject.org/
Description: anonymizing overlay network for TCP
Description-md5: 9106e8e4b3843ebd532ba2b89615a92e