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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "strongswan-charon" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install strongswan-charon on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "strongswan-charon" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall strongswan-charon on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the strongswan-charon package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: strongswan-charon
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.9.8-5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 221
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: ike-server
Depends: iproute2 | iproute, libstrongswan (= 5.9.8-5+deb12u1), strongswan-starter, libc6 (>= 2.34), strongswan-libcharon (>= 5.9.8)
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Description: strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon
Description-md5: 3f55915d17f7e36d9b31e2c4da5c11d2
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-charon_5.9.8-5+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 89144
MD5sum: be1580b42161d145a04e0808d76e735d
SHA256: 37b8b996dcb22c46ba70f69a8fe28b7020cc86fdcb84324d3a5ffb181fe232b5