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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "strongswan-libcharon" package

Learn how to install strongswan-libcharon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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2. Uninstall "strongswan-libcharon" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall strongswan-libcharon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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3. Information about the strongswan-libcharon package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: strongswan-libcharon
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: 926
Depends: libstrongswan (= 5.8.4-1ubuntu2), libc6 (>= 2.29)
Recommends: libcharon-extauth-plugins
Suggests: libcharon-extra-plugins
Breaks: strongswan-starter (<= 5.6.1-2)
Replaces: strongswan-starter (<= 5.6.1-2)
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/strongswan-libcharon_5.8.4-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 241252
MD5sum: 97906fb93706b38169f63116be6a6c0b
SHA1: 43e760c5046ae4868847969c38cd911529dee622
SHA256: 914472b393549fc9d706b4749b0b90886352a855ab011324a6bce7f46d57ce7c
SHA512: 888c9b131dd113c1abc19d730afe5a6b154f772cd2a25c53d884a079ebf3b8ffc622b0733960f663bb5c97f30f6dc85b121b74b6f24a0aa4156ca65c93cd6947
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Description-en: 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: 7ee8a1dbaf495a152a7f4be5e054abca