how to uninstall "Tor and Privoxy"  [Solved]

Help for Current Versions of MX
When asking for help, use Quick System Info from MX Tools. It will be properly formatted using the following steps.
1. Click on Quick System Info in MX Tools
2. Right click in your post and paste.
Forum rules
Post Reply
Message
Author
bambuko
Posts: 329
Joined: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:05 am

how to uninstall "Tor and Privoxy"

#1 Post by bambuko »

I have installed "Tor and Privoxy" using MXPI.
How do I, please, uninstall it?
When I tick it in MXPI uninstall option is greyed out :confused:

Code: Select all

bambuko@mx-main:~
$ service tor status
tor is running.
bambuko@mx-main:~
$ service privoxy status
privoxy is running.

Code: Select all

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-37-amd64 [6.1.140-1] arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1.0-37-amd64 root=UUID=<filter> ro quiet splash
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 7 dm: SDDM Distro: MX-23.6_KDE_x64 Libretto Jan
    12 2025 base: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z97M-D3H v: x.x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: F8 date: 09/18/2015
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-4690K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 level: v3
    note: check built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x28
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1108 high: 1118 min/max: 800/3900 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
    governor: ondemand cores: 1: 1101 2: 1110 3: 1103 4: 1118 bogomips: 27937
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; IBRS_FW; STIBP: disabled; RSB
    filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Tul / PowerColor
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300 temp: 57.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: amdgpu unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 6200x1920 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1640x508mm (64.57x20.00")
    s-diag: 1717mm (67.59")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: top-left model: BenQ BL2480T serial: <filter>
    built: 2022 res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 296x527mm (11.65x20.75")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 pos: primary,bottom-c model: BenQ EX2710Q
    serial: <filter> built: 2024 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: bottom-r model: BenQ GW2765 serial: <filter>
    built: 2018 res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23")
    diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 25.0.4-1~mx23ahs+1 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 580 Series (radeonsi
    polaris10 ACO DRM 3.49 6.1.0-37-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 9 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte 9 driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8ca0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Tul / PowerColor
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-37-amd64 status: kernel-api tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.0 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eth0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 344.68 GiB used: 38.73 GiB (11.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 120GB size: 111.8 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST250DM000-1BD141 size: 232.88 GiB
    block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: KC48 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 95.7 GiB size: 93.64 GiB (97.85%) used: 38.73 GiB (41.4%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%) used: 288 KiB (0.0%) fs: vfat
    dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 15 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 13.67 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 57.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1179
Repos:
  Packages: 2437 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2420 libs: 1293 tools: apt,apt-get,aptitude,nala pm: rpm pkgs: 0
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 17
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian-stable-updates.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/debian.list
    1: deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    2: deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mx.list
    1: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm main non-free
    2: deb http://mxlinux.mirrors.uk2.net/packages/mx/repo/ bookworm ahs
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/onlyoffice.list
    1: deb https://download.onlyoffice.com/repo/debian squeeze main
Info:
  Processes: 239 Uptime: 1h 27m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.52 GiB used: 2.48 GiB (16.0%) Init: SysVinit
  v: 3.06 runlevel: 5 default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12
  Client: shell wrapper v: 5.2.15-release inxi: 3.3.26
Boot Mode: UEFI
Top
User avatar
CharlesV
Administrator
Posts: 8088
Joined: Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:11 pm

Re: how to uninstall "Tor and Privoxy"  [Solved]

#2 Post by CharlesV »

confirmed this is an issue. ( this is possibly a remnant of the 'cannot uninstall more than one thing at a time' issue that was resolved a month? ago.)

You can go to the Enabled repos tab and search for tor. Select tor, uninstall it and then search for privoxy and uninstall that.

This MAY leave some lib's on board. My test showed that they were all set for autoremove, but you can manually remove them if you prefer. ( Please check them for dependencies if your going to manually remove them! And as always, timeshift before you do anything here.)

Here were the libs that were installed and then removed at autoremove
libmbedtls14
libmbedx509-1
*QSI = Quick System Info from menu (Copy for Forum)
*MXPI = MX Package Installer
*Please check the solved checkbox on the post that solved it.
*Linux -This is the way!
Top
bambuko
Posts: 329
Joined: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:05 am

Re: how to uninstall "Tor and Privoxy"

#3 Post by bambuko »

Thank you,
that solved the issue (and yes, indeed, I had to remove two separate things)
did autoremove libs and those that you mention were in amongst the lot
Top
User avatar
CharlesV
Administrator
Posts: 8088
Joined: Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:11 pm

Re: how to uninstall "Tor and Privoxy"

#4 Post by CharlesV »

Your very welcome and glad we had a good fix for it. (And it looks like Adrian has already fixed that in the installer, and I will be testing shortly.)
*QSI = Quick System Info from menu (Copy for Forum)
*MXPI = MX Package Installer
*Please check the solved checkbox on the post that solved it.
*Linux -This is the way!
Top
Post Reply

Return to “MX Help”