How to Install and Uninstall strongswan-libcharon Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "strongswan-libcharon" package

This tutorial shows how to install strongswan-libcharon on Kali Linux


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall strongswan-libcharon on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                strongswan-libcharon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the strongswan-libcharon package on Kali Linux

Package: strongswan-libcharon
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.9.13-2
Installed-Size: 941
Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: strongswan-starter (<= 5.6.1-2)
Depends: libstrongswan (= 5.9.13-2), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Recommends: libcharon-extauth-plugins
Suggests: libcharon-extra-plugins
Breaks: strongswan-starter (<= 5.6.1-2)
Size: 318168
SHA256: ce8967cd461807c109de2fa42dc1902656e7f9c98cc0bc3e943ad959f90b32cd
SHA1: 7551ccd3321e05545fcb4189893cfe5062c9079e
MD5sum: a668704511b17d2ea471fc3ee7f3c8d2
Description: strongSwan charon library
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
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This package contains the charon library, used by IKE client like
strongswan-charon, strongswan-charon-cmd or strongswan-nm as well as standard
plugins:
- socket-default
- counters
- bypass-lan (disabled by default)
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On Linux, it also contains the xfrmi binary which can be used on Linux 4.19+
to create XFRM interfaces (for more information, see
https://wiki.strongswan.org/projects/strongswan/wiki/RouteBasedVPN)
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-libcharon_5.9.13-2_amd64.deb