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

Last updated: April 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "openvpn" package

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


    
        
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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 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 openvpn package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: openvpn
Version: 2.6.3-1+deb12u2
Installed-Size: 1760
Maintainer: Bernhard Schmidt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libcap-ng0 (>= 0.7.9), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libnl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libnl-genl-3-200 (>= 3.2.7), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpkcs11-helper1 (>= 1.28), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), libsystemd0
Recommends: easy-rsa
Suggests: openssl, resolvconf, openvpn-dco-dkms, 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_2.6.3-1+deb12u2_amd64.deb
Size: 650676
MD5sum: 40b02e468ba36ea6dcc89834e7d7a582
SHA256: f35c85a5aea61416d250d5ac9dc99a4c73630273c19d546f90e7d38414350184