How to Install and Uninstall openvpn Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 19,2024

1. Install "openvpn" package

Please follow the instructions below to install openvpn on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                openvpn
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "openvpn" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall openvpn on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                openvpn
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openvpn package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: openvpn
Version: 2.4.7-1+deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1140
Maintainer: Bernhard Schmidt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzo2-2, libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpkcs11-helper1 (>= 1.11), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libsystemd0, iproute2, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: easy-rsa
Suggests: openssl, resolvconf, openvpn-systemd-resolved
Description: virtual private network daemon
Description-md5: 2ebe91e411d46309a61861db507e5c2f
Homepage: https://openvpn.net/
Tag: interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::server,
network::vpn, role::program, security::cryptography, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openvpn/openvpn_2.4.7-1+deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 489980
MD5sum: 5ada709e2131cd01d71a6873dc63ab9c
SHA256: a03e50150cb2f923509207895c55ba1e40f7bd650bc85b1d7fbf69cb25aad40d