How To Install 6tunnel on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 6tunnel on Ubuntu 22.04. 6tunnel is a TCP proxy for non-IPv6 applications.

Introduction

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 6tunnel on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `6tunnel`

6tunnel is:

6tunnel allows you to use services provided by IPv6 hosts with IPv4-only applications and vice versa. It can bind to any of your IPv4 or IPv6 addresses and forward all data to IPv4 or IPv6 host.

Tunneling for applications that don’t speak IPv6. It can be used for example as an IPv6-capable IRC proxy in other networks.

There are three ways to install 6tunnel on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections, we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install 6tunnel Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install 6tunnel using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install 6tunnel

Install 6tunnel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install 6tunnel using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install 6tunnel

Install 6tunnel Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install 6tunnel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install 6tunnel

How To Uninstall 6tunnel on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the 6tunnel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove 6tunnel

Uninstall 6tunnel And Its Dependencies

To uninstall 6tunnel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove 6tunnel

Remove 6tunnel Configurations and Data

To remove 6tunnel configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge 6tunnel

Remove 6tunnel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove 6tunnel configurations, data, and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge 6tunnel

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Summary

In this tutorial, we learn how to install 6tunnel the package on Ubuntu 22.04 uses different package management tools: apt, apt-get, and aptitude.