How to Install and Uninstall network-manager-pptp Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "network-manager-pptp" package

Please follow the steps below to install network-manager-pptp on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install network-manager-pptp

2. Uninstall "network-manager-pptp" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall network-manager-pptp on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):

$ sudo apt remove network-manager-pptp $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the network-manager-pptp package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: network-manager-pptp
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.8-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Utopia Maintenance Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 216
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libnm0 (>= 1.2.0), ppp (<< 2.4.9-2~), ppp (>= 2.4.9-1+~), network-manager (>= 1.2.0), pptp-linux
Breaks: network-manager-pptp-gnome (<< 1.2.4-2)
Replaces: network-manager-pptp-gnome (<< 1.2.4-2)
Filename: pool/main/n/network-manager-pptp/network-manager-pptp_1.2.8-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 30322
MD5sum: dea6254a386f1e4f9b28670a2f522142
SHA1: 9287c44864413fbc1658a705b04a797bad659e8a
SHA256: c7bc98e14fb5ac41b84b07cd56f872b5794cdcb10d6746554947afd0e93ec552
SHA512: 1f7e2470bcaaf13c633e3859ea8a658a637019492a6884b4f2feba91e62005f130ebf99a25de06d5a415e4963ef55ce79d44038431141e87a261d429f4f40858
Homepage: https://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/
Description-en: network management framework (PPTP plugin core)
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices
and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when
available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE
devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN
services.
.
This package provides a VPN plugin for PPTP, commonly used for connecting
to Microsoft VPN servers.
Description-md5: 133a651f45b862d95351d23a9d8e6fed
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