How to Install and Uninstall dnscrypt-proxy Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dnscrypt-proxy" package

This guide let you learn how to install dnscrypt-proxy on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dnscrypt-proxy" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dnscrypt-proxy on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 dnscrypt-proxy package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: dnscrypt-proxy
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.31+ds1-1
Built-Using: golang-1.12 (= 1.12.12-1ubuntu1), golang-github-aead-chacha20 (= 0.0~git20180709.8b13a72-2), golang-github-aead-poly1305 (= 0.0~git20170715.6cf43fd-2), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 20-1), golang-github-dchest-safefile (= 0.0~git20151022.0.855e8d9-1), golang-github-facebookgo-atomicfile (= 0.0~git20151019.2de1f20-1), golang-github-facebookgo-pidfile (= 0.0~git20150612.f242e29-2), golang-github-hashicorp-go-immutable-radix (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-hashicorp-go-syslog (= 0.0~git20150218.0.42a2b57-1), golang-github-hashicorp-golang-lru (= 0.5.0-1), golang-github-jedisct1-dlog (= 0.5-1), golang-github-jedisct1-go-clocksmith (= 0.0~git20180307.c35da9b-1), golang-github-jedisct1-go-dnsstamps (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-jedisct1-go-minisign (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-jedisct1-xsecretbox (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-k-sone-critbitgo (= 1.4.0-1), golang-github-kardianos-service (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-miekg-dns (= 1.0.4+ds-1ubuntu1), golang-github-vividcortex-ewma (= 0.0~git20160822.20.c595cd8-3), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20190701.4def268-2), golang-golang-x-net-dev (= 1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20190726.fc99dfb-1ubuntu2), golang-gopkg-natefinch-lumberjack.v2 (= 2.1-1), golang-toml (= 0.3.1-1), golang-x-text (= 0.3.2-1)
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eric Dorland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9724
Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: resolvconf
Breaks: dnscrypt-proxy-plugins (<< 2)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dnscrypt-proxy/dnscrypt-proxy_2.0.31+ds1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2831900
MD5sum: 950cce5164f6772bbcb413e9289143e2
SHA1: 8968a5f4c3c83d69b839eefcd46a0b6f505a2ce8
SHA256: 7974069f11022e1f593487164374298119d78d1cc91e50b1cf4abf4f1a459774
Homepage: https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy
Description: Flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols
Description-md5: 710b26a7b7218befaf287cbdd2ca016d