How to Install and Uninstall libproxychains-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 06,2024

1. Install "libproxychains-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libproxychains-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libproxychains-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libproxychains-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 libproxychains-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libproxychains-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 14
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Daniel Echeverry
Architecture: amd64
Source: proxychains
Version: 3.1-7
Replaces: proxychains (<< 3.1-1)
Depends: libproxychains3 (= 3.1-7)
Suggests: proxychains
Breaks: proxychains (<< 3.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/proxychains/libproxychains-dev_3.1-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1988
MD5sum: 8d3f390783a198cf84830ee96c8d6b19
SHA1: 93a0dce6168a6fb9bc7bb10eba91f588d94579e6
SHA256: aa19d77c0b454fa2802cdbea7d9864013c159bde8baded6a53f99028628c49d7
Description-en: proxy chains -- shared library (development)
Proxy chains force any tcp connection made by any given tcp client
to follow through proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier.
It acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver ( intercepts TCP calls )
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See 'proxychains' package for more detailed description.
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This package contains development header files for the shared library used
by proxychains.
Description-md5: 1c8b002ff3b2383731a29f1e9ca1978a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://proxychains.sourceforge.net
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu