How to Install and Uninstall dnscrypt-proxy Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "dnscrypt-proxy" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dnscrypt-proxy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall dnscrypt-proxy on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: dnscrypt-proxy
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.0.44+ds1-2
Built-Using: golang-1.14 (= 1.14.4-1ubuntu2), golang-github-aead-chacha20 (= 0.0~git20180709.8b13a72-2), golang-github-aead-poly1305 (= 0.0~git20170715.6cf43fd-2), golang-github-coreos-go-systemd (= 22.0.0-1), 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 (= 0.5.4-1), golang-github-jedisct1-dlog (= 0.6-1), golang-github-jedisct1-go-clocksmith (= 0.0~git20180307.c35da9b-2), golang-github-jedisct1-go-dnsstamps (= 0.1.0-1), golang-github-jedisct1-go-minisign (= 0.1.0-2), golang-github-jedisct1-xsecretbox (= 1.0.0-1), golang-github-k-sone-critbitgo (= 1.4.0-1), golang-github-kardianos-service (= 1.1.0-1), golang-github-miekg-dns (= 1.1.26-1), golang-github-vividcortex-ewma (= 1.1.1-1), golang-go.crypto (= 1:0.0~git20200604.70a84ac-1), golang-golang-x-net (= 1:0.0+git20200226.491c5fc+dfsg-1), golang-golang-x-sys (= 0.0~git20200523.0598657-1), golang-golang-x-text (= 0.3.2-4), golang-gopkg-natefinch-lumberjack.v2 (= 2.1-1), golang-toml (= 0.3.1-1)
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: 9999
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_2.0.44+ds1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 3025564
MD5sum: ee48969ee5f1c8739388e734f43dc9d4
SHA1: a8b052117cfb94dc3fa3626a779882ac5f587bf8
SHA256: d2954aa96fe0c58070475541c8b9dfd28a38cad35a2ca6fcf2c72d01bb70b13b
SHA512: 5345ab1ddf6140e25d12db32a75ab49b3144b5da29808442ab7c0e59a8ae816bffc253cc6124114929e145ca64a737ffee40d0115468a41f3e8d07ee42614de9
Homepage: https://github.com/DNSCrypt/dnscrypt-proxy
Description-en: Flexible DNS proxy, with support for encrypted DNS protocols
dnscrypt-proxy is a flexible DNS proxy, with support for modern encrypted DNS
protocols such as DNSCrypt v2 and DNS-over-HTTPS.
Description-md5: 710b26a7b7218befaf287cbdd2ca016d