How to Install and Uninstall dns2tcp Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "dns2tcp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install dns2tcp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                dns2tcp
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "dns2tcp" package

Learn how to uninstall dns2tcp on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                dns2tcp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dns2tcp package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dns2tcp
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 163
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Arnaud Cornet
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.5.2-1.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Filename: pool/universe/d/dns2tcp/dns2tcp_0.5.2-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 42272
MD5sum: e7a3773a5d7c4e8355e30c4191c011b7
SHA1: f999f0fe82eff1f209cb662baa471d79bc06bd83
SHA256: 3e8165d707fe0c6fbf267806a983dbb42dee563b87fd3fab22d286c8a2a0136d
Description-en: TCP over DNS tunnel client and server
dns2tcp is a set of tools allowing to encapsulate a TCP session in DNS
packets. This type of encapsulation generates smaller packets compeared to
ip-over-DNS tools, thus allows a better throughput. The client does not need
root priledges.
Description-md5: b6f006bd6b7256e3d2a8a3ea301a7617
Homepage: http://www.hsc.fr/ressources/outils/dns2tcp/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu