How to Install and Uninstall libstrongswan-standard-plugins Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "libstrongswan-standard-plugins" package

This is a short guide on how to install libstrongswan-standard-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libstrongswan-standard-plugins" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libstrongswan-standard-plugins on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libstrongswan-standard-plugins package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libstrongswan-standard-plugins
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: strongswan
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1048
Depends: iptables, libc6 (>= 2.14), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstrongswan (= 5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8)
Breaks: libstrongswan (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-ike (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-agent (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-openssl (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~)
Replaces: libstrongswan (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-ike (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-agent (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-openssl (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~)
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/libstrongswan-standard-plugins_5.3.5-1ubuntu3.8_amd64.deb
Size: 266688
MD5sum: 4b9f94a132c29d3b52bdab4a3d858851
SHA1: cb0f8a727b7f47779c3b8c7f55aba462c312d0fe
SHA256: f9beb18d17a0c01ac094ccd18b1e34e40e407945d8ef4498e28e41786c1a240f
SHA512: 1260937f8deeaaf54134b2176851426c344a968af1dc2b7f9f2c753a64f9a19ea5628160b87f733c73e686c7a2b3ee14ea24baf17f772d7a3c046b495a04cab8
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Description-en: strongSwan utility and crypto library (standard plugins)
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 provides some common plugins for the strongSwan utility and
cryptograhic library.
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Included plugins are:
- agent (RSA/ECDSA private key backend connecting to SSH-Agent)
- gcm (GCM cipher mode wrapper)
- openssl (Crypto backend based on OpenSSL, provides
RSA/ECDSA/DH/ECDH/ciphers/hashers/HMAC/X.509/CRL/RNG)
Description-md5: 84424f5380a28b65d960aa52e6f242ea
Supported: 5y

Package: libstrongswan-standard-plugins
Priority: optional
Section: net
Installed-Size: 1047
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: strongSwan Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: strongswan
Version: 5.3.5-1ubuntu3
Replaces: libstrongswan (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-ike (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-agent (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-openssl (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~)
Depends: iptables, libc6 (>= 2.14), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libstrongswan (= 5.3.5-1ubuntu3)
Breaks: libstrongswan (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-ike (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-agent (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~), strongswan-plugin-openssl (<< 5.3.5-1ubuntu1~)
Filename: pool/main/s/strongswan/libstrongswan-standard-plugins_5.3.5-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 265898
MD5sum: 5a06dd0c30304a6c3cc1263ca3f15c3d
SHA1: b229fdc07e4eaa6259f0c8af4abd81acc3074ffd
SHA256: d14999b376e535059fb5fa03f5ca2a16ed5d43ab17399e649ac4c31c1853bf9e
Description-en: strongSwan utility and crypto library (standard plugins)
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
.
This package provides some common plugins for the strongSwan utility and
cryptograhic library.
.
Included plugins are:
- agent (RSA/ECDSA private key backend connecting to SSH-Agent)
- gcm (GCM cipher mode wrapper)
- openssl (Crypto backend based on OpenSSL, provides
RSA/ECDSA/DH/ECDH/ciphers/hashers/HMAC/X.509/CRL/RNG)
Description-md5: 84424f5380a28b65d960aa52e6f242ea
Homepage: http://www.strongswan.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y