i2pd or I2P Daemon is a free and open source I2P client for Linux. I2P/Invisible Internet Protocol is a anonymous network layer. It encrypts the user’s traffic and IP by using end-to-end encryption and sending it through a distributed volunteer run network. It comes with rich set of APIs for developers of secure applications. I2P client is a software used for building and using anonymous I2P networks.It is written in C++ and released BSD 3-Clause “New” or “Revised” License.
Install I2P Daemon on Ubuntu Linux
i2pd is available as flatpak and native deb package file format for Linux. First install flatpak and flathub on your system and restart it. Open terminal and run below command to install i2pd on your Ubuntu Linux system
flatpak install flathub website.i2pd.i2pd
After the installation you can start it by below command.
flatpak run website.i2pd.i2pd
You can also uninstall it via below command.
sudo flatpak uninstall website.i2pd.i2pd
Install i2pd via DEB:
Download i2pd
Download latest version of I2P Daemon in the .deb file format from the above link and save it on your Downloads folder. Open terminal and run below command.
sudo apt install ./Downloads/i2pd*.deb
That’s it.