How to Install and Uninstall openvpn Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: April 20,2024

1. Install "openvpn" package

Please follow the guidance below to install openvpn on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall openvpn on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                openvpn
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openvpn package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: openvpn
Version: 2.5.1-3
Installed-Size: 1618
Maintainer: Bernhard Schmidt
Architecture: amd64
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.15), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzo2-2 (>= 2.02), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpkcs11-helper1 (>= 1.11), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libsystemd0, iproute2, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Recommends: easy-rsa
Suggests: openssl, resolvconf, openvpn-systemd-resolved
Description: virtual private network daemon
Description-md5: 2ebe91e411d46309a61861db507e5c2f
Homepage: https://openvpn.net/
Tag: interface::commandline, interface::daemon, network::server,
network::vpn, role::program, security::cryptography, use::routing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/o/openvpn/openvpn_2.5.1-3_amd64.deb
Size: 598620
MD5sum: c07d79c624b5f200101642cc0426b972
SHA256: 84757bbc537d09c556d4702a25382d6909a48a3122b49e5e8f1e63c61d3730cc