How to Install and Uninstall libreswan Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libreswan on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libreswan" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libreswan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libreswan on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreswan package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libreswan
Version: 4.10-2+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 6177
Maintainer: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: ike-server
Provides: ike-server
Depends: dns-root-data, host, iproute2 | iproute (>= 20071016), iptables, libnss3-tools, libaudit1 (>= 1:2.2.1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libcurl3-nss (>= 7.23.1), libevent-core-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libevent-pthreads-2.1-7 (>= 2.1.8-stable), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libldns3 (>= 1.7.1), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.38), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libsystemd0, libunbound8 (>= 1.8.0)
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Recommends: python3
Conflicts: ike-server, strongswan-libcharon, strongswan-starter
Description: Internet Key Exchange daemon
Description-md5: 85f11a75b91fd863b98f3e219668ec8a
Homepage: https://libreswan.org/
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libr/libreswan/libreswan_4.10-2+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1263848
MD5sum: fc2903bcc86aa7b30368f8a641197ff5
SHA256: fb19a0992a00180e06c031f59e0b15efb504e64b0c7e49feee5e6740937fb1e8