Complete Guide: Installing shadowsocks on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 2025

1. Install "shadowsocks" package

Please follow the instructions below to install shadowsocks on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall shadowsocks on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                shadowsocks
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the shadowsocks package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: shadowsocks
Architecture: all
Version: 2.9.0-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/python
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shell.Xu
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 211
Depends: lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python-m2crypto, python-pkg-resources, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.6.6-7~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/shadowsocks/shadowsocks_2.9.0-2_all.deb
Size: 35764
MD5sum: 3211c78f0a73fc7869a2a3d810bb7a16
SHA1: ea2d353bc330835515052e98f281b82deb1e32dd
SHA256: 3e9f2ba3674b130915fbd51660e932941bee185b7b30d0d961718572a3571471
Homepage: https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks
Description: Fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls
Description-md5: d66f44e628b39a3bb791dfefd90ee2fb