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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "strongswan-charon" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install strongswan-charon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "strongswan-charon" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall strongswan-charon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the strongswan-charon package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: strongswan-charon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.8.4-1ubuntu2
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: strongswan
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 241
Provides: ike-server
Pre-Depends: debconf | debconf-2.0
Depends: iproute2 | iproute, libstrongswan (= 5.8.4-1ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.4), strongswan-libcharon (>= 5.8.4)
Recommends: strongswan-starter
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-charon_5.8.4-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 22260
MD5sum: 45c4ad48a70bcb91ef79f80f93c78f00
SHA1: ecf04c7868a1d0c259346cf57f795b237d9a94ca
SHA256: a159d01e8ba4eb89ca1dc46dd62ff467742455b9480918055f43695d7dd6821a
SHA512: 2950ac02605510e23b3557af0c96a319939307087b5bd8219bd74d4cefdbb8035632c8b2334c56ec6317fa5870fe1c7f1c646df62cfc67210773a741e78f0a72
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Description-en: strongSwan Internet Key Exchange daemon
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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charon is an IPsec IKEv2 daemon which can act as an initiator or a responder.
It is written from scratch using a fully multi-threaded design and a modular
architecture. Various plugins can provide additional functionality.
Description-md5: 3f55915d17f7e36d9b31e2c4da5c11d2