Complete Guide: Installing shadowsocks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 2024

1. Install "shadowsocks" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall shadowsocks 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 shadowsocks package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: shadowsocks
Priority: extra
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 185
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Shell.Xu
Architecture: all
Version: 2.1.0-1
Depends: python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), python-pkg-resources, python-m2crypto
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Filename: pool/universe/s/shadowsocks/shadowsocks_2.1.0-1_all.deb
Size: 27518
MD5sum: 1489fd03703871fba7a139b3eedbc814
SHA1: 6ecaa8142390e6af59aed506f38ea0a69630f4d2
SHA256: 69ddcea2afc30bb91d6dcad99b3eb4fc0c295b83edbd4b2a0e003e4e616985ac
Description-en: Fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls
A secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your Internet traffic.
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This package contain local and server part of shadowsocks, a fast,
powerful tunnel proxy to bypass firewalls.
Description-md5: d66f44e628b39a3bb791dfefd90ee2fb
Homepage: https://github.com/clowwindy/shadowsocks
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu