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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "strongswan-swanctl" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install strongswan-swanctl on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall strongswan-swanctl 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-swanctl package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: strongswan-swanctl
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.9.8-5+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 499
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: strongswan-starter (<< 5.8.0-1)
Depends: libstrongswan (= 5.9.8-5+deb12u1), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Breaks: strongswan-starter (<< 5.8.0-1)
Description: strongSwan IPsec client, swanctl command
Description-md5: 0da8661efd13d913c22e863856990337
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-swanctl_5.9.8-5+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 180320
MD5sum: 5e4e9c0939a080fd08a9883bf923d35b
SHA256: e890884becb9e277f96c786e1bc6b58d0bd6ab9d89e214bd5b07b58f36f32376