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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libstrongswan" package

This is a short guide on how to install libstrongswan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libstrongswan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libstrongswan" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libstrongswan 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 libstrongswan package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libstrongswan
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.9.8-5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 1450
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.2.1+dfsg1), libsystemd0 (>= 227)
Recommends: libstrongswan-standard-plugins
Suggests: libstrongswan-extra-plugins
Description: strongSwan utility and crypto library
Description-md5: 397c7109a71b78fc4d9cd32308d472df
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Tag: network::vpn, role::program, role::shared-lib, security::cryptography
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/libstrongswan_5.9.8-5+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 430360
MD5sum: 1b017a6df4c5ed128ca72cd5a8547947
SHA256: 00ea20e4da3d04f1d42313a9f08cfb0b5347e87eda8eabc6cd1531ca95967c2b