Information about the package, tsocks, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tsocks package is designed for, Library for catching network connections, redirecting them on a.
Package Name:
tsocks
Summary:
Library for catching network connections, redirecting them on a
Description:
tsocks is designed for use in machines which are firewalled from the Internet. It avoids the need to recompile applications like lynx or telnet so they can use SOCKS to reach the Internet. It behaves much like the SOCKSified TCP/IP stacks seen on other platforms. tsocks is a library to allow transparent SOCKS proxying. It wraps the normal connect() function. When a connection is attempted, it consults the configuration file (which is defined at configure time but defaults to /etc/tsocks.conf) and determines if the IP address specified is local. If it is not, the library redirects the connection to a SOCKS server specified in the configuration file. It then negotiates that connection with the SOCKS server and passes the connection back to the calling program.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.8
Release:
0.5.beta5.el6
Size:
36 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the tsocks package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tsocks
This command will install tsocks on the server.
yum remove tsocks
This command will un-install tsocks on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tsocks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tsocks
This command will un-install tsocks 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 tsocks when using the -y flag.
yum update tsocks
This command will update tsocks to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tsocks, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tsocks
This command will update tsocks 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 tsocks when using the -y flag.
yum info tsocks
This command will show you core information about the tsocks package.
yum deplist tsocks
This command will show you the dependencies for tsocks. 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 tsocks
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tsocks. 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.