For Ubuntu 14.04 and 16.04 sudo apt-get install software-properties-common -y sudo add-apt-repository ppa:max-c-lv/shadowsocks-libev -y sudo apt-get update sudo apt install shadowsocks-libev

Ubuntu 16.10 or higher sudo apt update sudo apt install shadowsocks-libev

sudo vim /etc/shadowsocks-libev/config.json

{ "server":["[::0]", "0.0.0.0"], "server_port":443, "local_port":1080, "password":"pw", "timeout":60, "method":"chacha20-ietf-poly1305" }

sudo systemctl start shadowsocks-libev