proxychains3 command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix proxychains3 command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

proxychains3: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: proxychains3: command not found

Solutions to proxychains3: command not found

How To Fix proxychains3: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu proxychains3 is provided by proxychains package.

proxychains is:

Proxy chains force any tcp connection made by any given tcp client to follow through proxy (or proxy chain). It is a kind of proxifier. It acts like sockscap / premeo / eborder driver ( intercepts TCP calls )

This version supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP CONNECT proxy servers. Different proxy types can be mixed in the same chain.

Features

  • Access Internet from behind restrictive firewall.
  • Source IP masquerade.
  • SSH tunneling and forwarding.
  • Dynamic LAN-to-LAN VPN channel.
  • Servers and daemons friendly (works fine with sendmail MTA).

http://proxychains.sourceforge.net

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install proxychains

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install proxychains.

sudo apt -y install proxychains

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install proxychains

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix proxychains3 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.