How to Install and Uninstall libreswan.x86_64 Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libreswan.x86_64" package

Learn how to install libreswan.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libreswan.x86_64" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libreswan.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreswan.x86_64 package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : libreswan
Arch : x86_64
Version : 3.25
Release : 4.8.amzn2.0.1
Size : 1.4 M
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : IPsec implementation with IKEv1 and IKEv2 keying protocols
URL : https://libreswan.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : Libreswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux.
: IPsec is the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong
: cryptography to provide both authentication and encryption
: services. These services allow you to build secure tunnels
: through untrusted networks. Everything passing through the
: untrusted net is encrypted by the ipsec gateway machine and
: decrypted by the gateway at the other end of the tunnel. The
: resulting tunnel is a virtual private network or VPN.
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: This package contains the daemons and userland tools for setting
: up Libreswan. It supports the NETKEY/XFRM IPsec kernel stack that
: exists in the default Linux kernel.
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: Libreswan also supports IKEv2 (RFC-7296) and Secure Labeling
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: Libreswan is based on Openswan-2.6.38 which in turn is based on
: FreeS/WAN-2.04