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torsocks


Information about the package, torsocks, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The torsocks package is designed for, Use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor.


Package Name:

torsocks

Summary:

Use SOCKS-friendly applications with Tor

Description:

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.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

2.1.0

Release:

1.el6

Size:

59 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

GPLv2+



Handy Yum Commands for torsocks


Control the torsocks package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install torsocks

This command will install torsocks on the server.

yum remove torsocks

This command will un-install torsocks on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove torsocks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove torsocks

This command will un-install torsocks on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove torsocks when using the -y flag.

yum update torsocks

This command will update torsocks to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove torsocks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update torsocks

This command will update torsocks to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove torsocks when using the -y flag.

yum info torsocks

This command will show you core information about the torsocks package.

yum deplist torsocks

This command will show you the dependencies for torsocks. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update torsocks

This command will check if there is an update waiting on torsocks. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.