Installing SOCKS5Engine on POP! OS Latest

SOCKS5Engine is an open-source SOCKS5 encryption tunnel, which is used to encrypt the internet traffic between two or more devices. SOCKS5Engine can be installed on most popular operating systems including POP! OS. Follow this tutorial to install SOCKS5Engine on POP! OS latest.

Prerequisites

Steps

  1. Open the terminal and run the following command to install Git on your system if you haven't already installed it.

sudo apt install git

  1. Clone the SOCKS5Engine repository from Github by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/VeeSecurity/SOCKS5Engine

  1. Navigate to the cloned directory.

cd SOCKS5Engine

  1. Run the following command to install the required dependencies.

sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libevent-dev libboost-all-dev libzmq3-dev

  1. Next, build the SOCKS5Engine by running the following command:

make

  1. Once the build process has completed successfully, start the SOCKS5Engine by running the following command:

./SOCKS5Engine -s -v -p <port-number> -l <log-file-name>

Note: Replace '' with the desired port number and '' with the desired log file name.

  1. You should see a message that SOCKS5Engine has started.

  2. To stop the SOCKS5Engine, press 'CTRL+C'.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SOCKS5Engine on POP! OS Latest.

Conclusion

We hope that this tutorial has helped you to install SOCKS5Engine on POP! OS Latest. By following this guide, you can encrypt your internet traffic between two or more devices with SOCKS5Engine.

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