If you want to install SocksBin, a lightweight and efficient SOCKS5 proxy server, on your Elementary OS system, you can follow these steps:
First, you need to install some dependencies that SocksBin requires to run. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install build-essential libssl-dev
This command will install the build-essential package, which includes the GCC compiler and some other important tools, as well as the libssl-dev package, which includes the OpenSSL libraries that SocksBin needs.
Go to the SocksBin GitHub page at https://github.com/magnumdingusedu/socksbin and click on the "Clone or download" button. You can either download the source code as a ZIP file and extract it manually, or clone the repository using Git. In this tutorial, we will use the ZIP file method.
Once you have downloaded the ZIP file, extract its contents to a directory of your choice. For example, you can create a "socksbin" directory in your home folder and extract the files there.
Now that you have the SocksBin source code on your system, you need to compile it and install it. Navigate to the "src" directory in the SocksBin source code directory and run the following commands:
make
sudo make install
The first command will compile the SocksBin binary file from the source code, and the second command will install it in the system's bin directory (which requires sudo privileges). If you encounter any errors during the compilation or installation process, make sure to check the output messages and try to resolve the issues.
Once you have installed SocksBin, you can configure it to your liking. The default configuration file is located in the "conf" directory of the source code, and is named "socksbin.conf". You can copy this file to a new location (such as /etc/socksbin.conf) and edit it as necessary.
Some configuration options you may want to set include the listening address and port, the authentication type and credentials, the logging method and location, and the allowed subnet ranges. Make sure to read the comments in the configuration file for more information.
Finally, you can start the SocksBin server by running the following command in the terminal:
sudo sbin/socksbin -f /path/to/config/file
Replace "/path/to/config/file" with the path to your SocksBin configuration file. This command will start the SocksBin server as a daemon, which means it will run in the background and not output any messages to the terminal. You can use the "ps" command to check if the server is running.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured SocksBin on your Elementary OS system! You can now use it to establish SOCKS5 proxy connections to the internet.
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