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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "strongswan" package

Please follow the steps below to install strongswan on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall strongswan 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 strongswan package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: strongswan
Version: 5.9.8-5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 155
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: strongswan-charon, strongswan-starter
Description: IPsec VPN solution metapackage
Description-md5: 60d8ad9f14179591b0cca394e94e3d4b
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Tag: network::vpn, role::metapackage, role::program, security::cryptography
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.8-5+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 84372
MD5sum: 7e64a07889a579aacc6f5c2978f1817a
SHA256: 9e140550e3d2d9df7b6858c585bc17ac2b9376098518b5f9cd8cc12e69cc3fb9