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

Last updated: February 16,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "strongswan-pki" package

This tutorial shows how to install strongswan-pki on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall strongswan-pki on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: strongswan-pki
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.9.8-5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 314
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libstrongswan (= 5.9.8-5+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcharon-extra-plugins (>= 5.9.8)
Description: strongSwan IPsec client, pki command
Description-md5: e39ead8c35dce81cd768bc453bc29db7
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-pki_5.9.8-5+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 144108
MD5sum: 4ce54ff51285daecb45898ca4806d9d8
SHA256: 1d767e4b03d338a2d82e83ecc23d9f1eeae61c33344105ed77931795178a45a8