How To Install network-manager-openvpn on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openvpn on Kali Linux.
What is network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn is:
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 OpenVPN.
There are three methods to install network-manager-openvpn on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install network-manager-openvpn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openvpn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-openvpnInstall network-manager-openvpn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openvpn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-openvpnInstall network-manager-openvpn Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openvpn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-openvpnHow To Uninstall network-manager-openvpn on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the network-manager-openvpn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-openvpnUninstall network-manager-openvpn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-openvpn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-openvpnRemove network-manager-openvpn Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-openvpn configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-openvpnRemove network-manager-openvpn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-openvpn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-openvpnDependencies
network-manager-openvpn have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openvpn package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
