How to Install and Uninstall tor Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the tor on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "tor" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install tor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall tor on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 tor package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

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