How to Install and Uninstall socks4-clients Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 28,2024

1. Install "socks4-clients" package

This guide let you learn how to install socks4-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install socks4-clients

2. Uninstall "socks4-clients" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall socks4-clients on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove socks4-clients $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the socks4-clients package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: socks4-clients
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 267
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Source: socks4-server
Version: 4.3.beta2-19build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libsocks4, libtinfo5 (>= 6)
Filename: pool/universe/s/socks4-server/socks4-clients_4.3.beta2-19build1_amd64.deb
Size: 74308
MD5sum: b4f898f879cd1938d2a4b1d0b269b689
SHA1: 079576748eb66bd499e647802a9fb9fd935e008c
SHA256: 1093e1b42b08fd3ad299a380659d039664f667d191b70613ae3f4dd875bb1bb5
Description-en: Socks4 enabled clients as rtelnet and rftp
This is version 4.3 of SOCKS, a package that allows Unix hosts
behind a firewall to gain full access to the internet without requiring
direct IP reachability. It does require a SOCKS server program being
run on a hosts that can communicate directly to hosts behind the firewall
as well as hosts on the Internet at large. It is based on the original
SOCKS written by David Koblas .
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This package includes SOCKSified client programs of finger, ftp,
telnet, and whois. A few other SOCKSified clients may be found on
ftp.nec.com, in directory /pub/security/socks.cstc.
Description-md5: c3e37f984a9086fa62e7c10a1f2df869
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu