How to Install and Uninstall ipsec-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ipsec-tools" package

Please follow the instructions below to install ipsec-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ipsec-tools
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ipsec-tools" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ipsec-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ipsec-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ipsec-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ipsec-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/net
Installed-Size: 201
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: pkg-ipsec-tools team
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.8.2+20140711-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/i/ipsec-tools/ipsec-tools_0.8.2+20140711-5_amd64.deb
Size: 61154
MD5sum: db4b6feff0f50d75c759de03155848d8
SHA1: c5bace786c72b5f6a39a066326847d4412626d51
SHA256: d951378e29f2138e61fd496b4d6fe5dd41b32a293704daa144f8ae8ec5512ba2
Description-en: IPsec utilities
IPsec (Internet Protocol security) offers end-to-end security for
network traffic at the IP layer.
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This package is a Linux port of the utilities from the KAME IPsec
implementation on BSD.
Description-md5: 47ce7806ae074dc9fcef15b402834e1f
Homepage: http://ipsec-tools.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu