How to Install and Uninstall redsocks Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "redsocks" package

This tutorial shows how to install redsocks on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall redsocks on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                redsocks
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the redsocks package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: redsocks
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5-2build1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Apollon Oikonomopoulos
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 156
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libevent-core-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Enhances: tor
Filename: pool/universe/r/redsocks/redsocks_0.5-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 56640
MD5sum: c6cfc58d891e90360c53f33d09a23ab5
SHA1: 2dc6abf3bc2320f5f2ca740b19a7b4e0ceee55ad
SHA256: ad553d65fc6cbc5e1544d451632a9746ba2f79c6504eb1445bded1bdc37bc028
SHA512: e156d6b07002e4b6158da8d73c5e616a40bb4813fba10ffcccea78c9932943b6c833545adff471a4e1c8349cdb7e3e310c4395fc93e70956ac9157f3df01b426
Homepage: http://darkk.net.ru/redsocks/
Description-en: arbitrary TCP connection redirector to a SOCKS or HTTPS proxy server
Redsocks is a daemon running on the local system, that will transparently
tunnel any TCP connection via a remote SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or HTTP proxy server. It
uses the system firewall's redirection facility to intercept TCP connections,
thus the redirection is system-wide, with fine-grained control, and does
not depend on LD_PRELOAD libraries.
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Redsocks supports tunneling TCP connections and UDP packets. It has
authentication support for both, SOCKS and HTTP proxies.
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Also included is a small DNS server returning answers with the "truncated" flag
set for any UDP query, forcing the resolver to use TCP.
Description-md5: 47987016a693cca66e9b58bf39853ca2