How to Install and Uninstall charon-cmd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "charon-cmd" package

Please follow the instructions below to install charon-cmd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install charon-cmd

2. Uninstall "charon-cmd" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall charon-cmd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove charon-cmd $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the charon-cmd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: charon-cmd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.8.4-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/net
Source: strongswan
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 214
Depends: libstrongswan (= 5.8.4-1ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.4), strongswan-libcharon (>= 5.8.4)
Filename: pool/universe/s/strongswan/charon-cmd_5.8.4-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 22016
MD5sum: cbe774c2c76a5a7b3c59e38c3d7199a6
SHA1: 78efc1b6955ac5229120687cede0fc073fb85c78
SHA256: de3ccb376e6b2d2e573f7b8b543a21fc9c46804860bc2d57ede3b3d005c3235c
SHA512: 9ad4fb95c5fed0c6ba1ffb31d5566373b50fb1101b1331a729521b7cc3b2608aa58a6093a210cd33b0308cc4c1f7a3b283d6e6fd502f8e1641f4d9676c0d384c
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Description-en: standalone IPsec client
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
.
This package contains the charon-cmd command, which can be used as a client to
connect to a remote IKE daemon.
Description-md5: 80fd42eb6fb38dab592c2f0b87243623