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

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "strongswan" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install strongswan on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall strongswan on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: strongswan
Version: 5.9.1-1+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 169
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: strongswan-charon, strongswan-starter
Description: IPsec VPN solution metapackage
Description-md5: 60d8ad9f14179591b0cca394e94e3d4b
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Tag: network::vpn, role::metapackage, role::program, security::cryptography
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan_5.9.1-1+deb11u2_all.deb
Size: 98244
MD5sum: dda8ef18e52fd68dfb7e4a5d40aadd2c
SHA256: 0c1ee93cbce52b09dd9a336e24afee6f83545371c29112cc28c57b3edc82608a