1) Open Terminal/Command shell/Bash.
2) Upon opening Terminal, you should see a prompt that looks something like this:
root@server:~$
Type in the following:
ssh -N -C -D 8080 username@earthvpn_server_address
username is your earthvpn vpn username.
You can find ALL the earthvpn_server_address list : https://www.earthvpn.com/billing/knowledgebase.php?action=displayarticle&id=57
It will ask for password.Enter your earthvpn vpn password and press enter.If it is successfull you will not get any error message and ssh tunnel should be created.Terminal window should not be closed while ssh tunnel is active.You can close the terminal window to stop ssh tunnel.
3) You have to setup your software in order to use socks proxy:
SSH Tunnel/Socks Proxy Setup Tutorial for Firefox
SSH Tunnel/Socks Proxy Setup Tutorial for Chrome
SSH Tunnel/Socks/Torrent Proxy Setup Tutorial for uTorrent/Bittorrent