How to Install and Uninstall apt-transport-tor Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "apt-transport-tor" package

Please follow the instructions below to install apt-transport-tor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall apt-transport-tor on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                apt-transport-tor
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the apt-transport-tor package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: apt-transport-tor
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 73
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tim Retout
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.1-1build4
Depends: libapt-pkg5.0 (>= 1.1~exp9), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.2), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), tor
Filename: pool/universe/a/apt-transport-tor/apt-transport-tor_0.2.1-1build4_amd64.deb
Size: 22712
MD5sum: bffa49ecac1f9a6f9c8fcfc4e6ed20d4
SHA1: 7db2755bd6e0ace107f3212bc38b8a0ab9c7862a
SHA256: 314fbfac9fc4df1c93dbbd9aae884b3a8553f9119a245d3e8fac75a754e54aaf
Description-en: APT transport for anonymous package downloads via Tor
Provides support in APT for downloading packages anonymously via the Tor
network.
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APT already includes mechanisms for guaranteeing the authenticity of the
packages you download. However, an adversary sniffing your network traffic
can still see what software you are installing.
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Install apt-transport-tor, edit your sources.list to include only tor://
URLs, and you can make it very difficult for anyone intercepting your
network traffic to be able to tell that you are installing Debian packages,
or which packages you are installing.
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Please note that this approach is only as secure as Tor itself - this
software cannot protect you from an attacker who has access to your local
machine. In addition, attackers may be able to correlate your network
traffic with the packets coming out of an exit node, so do be careful.
Description-md5: 4d820afa6e1369d26ffa4a285e6a8503
Homepage: https://github.com/diocles/apt-transport-tor
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu