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

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "torsocks" package

This tutorial shows how to install torsocks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall torsocks on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: torsocks
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 302
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Privacy Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.1.0-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: tor
Filename: pool/universe/t/torsocks/torsocks_2.1.0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 56166
MD5sum: c30c342f35d85d1e6f2a584144784540
SHA1: b7dbcee442be5ba4a559ff20ef786c231f7773a9
SHA256: ce330bd7a9cc7147e060f4734e424669cbcd6c0d8d661fb4db744d2926855c91
Description-en: use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor
Torsocks allows you to use most SOCKS-friendly applications in a safe way with
Tor. It ensures that DNS requests are handled safely and explicitly rejects
UDP traffic from the application you're using.
Description-md5: b174a69fd7528986b202a57d78551bd4
Homepage: https://gitweb.torproject.org/torsocks.git
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu