How to Install and Uninstall gvpe Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "gvpe" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gvpe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gvpe
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "gvpe" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gvpe on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gvpe
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the gvpe package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gvpe
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 328
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: TANIGUCHI Takaki
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.25-2
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.6)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gvpe/gvpe_2.25-2_amd64.deb
Size: 135766
MD5sum: ba33971565397cc62a4247c88ddec021
SHA1: 8a1bf4fedb9a0e41467e46cf5ef34d41e74b5d08
SHA256: 190f0d26cacf496bad7485b044eae47f6071749aa9305f119972f01ab9ebda5f
Description-en: creates a virtual ethernet between multiple endpoints
GVPE creates a virtual ethernet (broadcasts supported, any protocol that
works with a normal ethernet should work with GVPE) by creating encrypted
host-to-host tunnels between multiple endpoints.
.
Unlike other virtual private "network" solutions which merely create a
single tunnel, GVPE creates a real network with multiple endpoints.
.
It is designed to be very simple and robust (cipher selection done at
compiletime etc.), and easy to setup (only a single config file shared
unmodified between all hosts).
.
VPN hosts can neither sniff nor fake packets, that is, you can use
MAC-based filtering to ensure authenticity of packets even from member
nodes.
.
GVPE can also be used to tunnel into some vpn network using a variety
of protocols (raw IP, UDP, TCP, HTTPS-proxy-connect, ICMP and DNS). It
is, however, primarily designed to sit on the gateway machines of
company branches to connect them together.
Description-md5: bdc26d37ab2cdd9f97fa934aa7647d11
Homepage: http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/gvpe.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu