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Quick installation of shadowsocks:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: shadowsocks
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install shadowsocks
Package Details | |
| Package: | shadowsocks |
| Version: | 2.9.0-2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | https://github.com/shadowsocks/shadowsocks |
| Description: | Fast tunnel proxy that helps you bypass firewalls A secure socks5 proxy, designed to protect your Internet traffic. . This package contain local and server part of shadowsocks, a fast, powerful tunnel proxy to bypass firewalls. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 17.04 |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/python |
How to install shadowsocks on Ubuntu 17.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 17.04 on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If shadowsocks is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L shadowsocks' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L shadowsocks dpkg-query: package 'shadowsocks' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing shadowsocks:
After system update use the following command to install shadowsocks:
sudo apt-get install shadowsocks
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 17.04 Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove shadowsocks from Ubuntu 17.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the shadowsocks from Ubuntu 17.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the shadowsocks following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove shadowsocks
Following command is used to remove the shadowsocks package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove shadowsocks
This will remove shadowsocks and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing shadowsocks with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge shadowsocks
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove shadowsocks
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with shadowsocks package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
