How to Install and Uninstall libreswan.x86_64 Package on Oracle Linux 9

Last updated: March 01,2025

1. Install "libreswan.x86_64" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libreswan.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 9


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
                libreswan.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libreswan.x86_64" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libreswan.x86_64 on Oracle Linux 9:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libreswan.x86_64 package on Oracle Linux 9

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Available Packages
Name : libreswan
Version : 4.12
Release : 1.0.1.el9
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 1.4 M
Source : libreswan-4.12-1.0.1.el9.src.rpm
Repository : ol9_appstream
Summary : Internet Key Exchange (IKEv1 and IKEv2) implementation for IPsec
URL : https://libreswan.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : Libreswan is a free implementation of IPsec & IKE for Linux. IPsec is
: the Internet Protocol Security and uses strong cryptography to provide
: both authentication and encryption services. These services allow you
: to build secure tunnels through untrusted networks. Everything passing
: through the untrusted net is encrypted by the ipsec gateway machine and
: decrypted by the gateway at the other end of the tunnel. The resulting
: tunnel is a virtual private network or VPN.
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: This package contains the daemons and userland tools for setting up
: Libreswan.
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: Libreswan also supports IKEv2 (RFC7296) and Secure Labeling
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: Libreswan is based on Openswan-2.6.38 which in turn is based on FreeS/WAN-2.04