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

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "redsocks" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install redsocks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall redsocks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: redsocks
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 129
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Apollon Oikonomopoulos
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4+dfsg-3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), adduser
Filename: pool/universe/r/redsocks/redsocks_0.4+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 47084
MD5sum: 0e8520460671b002ea7e0c6704720e10
SHA1: d39dae9b21351d061136ef61e7b69d4bd42f830a
SHA256: 4fa537013334a6bff4fc525143ccc770c2b71ea323681eccbbf7d2f905696e24
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
Enhances: tor
Homepage: http://darkk.net.ru/redsocks/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu