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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "tinc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install tinc on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

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

Package: tinc
Source: tinc (1.0.36-2)
Version: 1.0.36-2+b2
Installed-Size: 638
Maintainer: Guus Sliepen
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Description: Virtual Private Network daemon
Description-md5: 927734357d793d7ebde564ee023d38d2
Homepage: http://www.tinc-vpn.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, network::client, network::server,
network::vpn, protocol::ethernet, protocol::ip, protocol::ipv6,
role::program, security::cryptography, works-with::network-traffic
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/t/tinc/tinc_1.0.36-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 204196
MD5sum: aaf05944419db50ca6bd8b9e481c37a9
SHA256: f53b00865ebbbe24a03e6d24e1c08d0996ad29bb958895ff6bb613fedfe2e6a8