Installing shadowsocks-libev on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS

Example of installing shadowsocks-libev on Ubuntu 17.04 LTS using the command sudo apt-get install shadowsocks-libev.


 

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Quick installation of shadowsocks-libev:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: shadowsocks-libev

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install shadowsocks-libev

Package Details

Package:shadowsocks-libev
Version:2.5.6+ds-1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:https://www.shadowsocks.org
Description:lightweight and secure socks5 proxy Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight and secure socks5 proxy for embedded devices and low end boxes. . Shadowsocks-libev was inspired by Shadowsock (in Python). It's rewritten in pure C and only depends on libev, mbedTLS and a few other tiny libraries. OpenSSL dependency is removed due to license issue.
Distro:Ubuntu 17.04
Release:
Repo/Section:universe/net

How to install shadowsocks-libev 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-libev is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L shadowsocks-libev' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L shadowsocks-libev
dpkg-query: package 'shadowsocks-libev' 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-libev:

After system update use the following command to install shadowsocks-libev:

sudo apt-get install shadowsocks-libev

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-libev from Ubuntu 17.04?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the shadowsocks-libev 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-libev following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  shadowsocks-libev

Following command is used to remove the shadowsocks-libev package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove shadowsocks-libev

This will remove shadowsocks-libev and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing shadowsocks-libev 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-libev

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove shadowsocks-libev

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with shadowsocks-libev package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.