How To Install openvpn-dco-dkms on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-dco-dkms on Debian 12.
What is openvpn-dco-dkms
openvpn-dco-dkms is:
This kernel module allows OpenVPN to offload any data plane management to the linux kernel, thus allowing it to exploit any Linux low level API, while avoiding expensive and slow payload transfer between kernel space and user space. You need a matching dco-enabled OpenVPN to use this, the feature is supposed to land in OpenVPN 2.6.
This package uses DKMS to automatically build the ovpn-dco kernel module.
There are three methods to install openvpn-dco-dkms on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install openvpn-dco-dkms Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-dco-dkms using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openvpn-dco-dkms
Install openvpn-dco-dkms Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-dco-dkms using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openvpn-dco-dkms
Install openvpn-dco-dkms Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install openvpn-dco-dkms using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openvpn-dco-dkms
How To Uninstall openvpn-dco-dkms on Debian 12
To uninstall only the openvpn-dco-dkms package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openvpn-dco-dkms
Uninstall openvpn-dco-dkms And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openvpn-dco-dkms and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove openvpn-dco-dkms
Remove openvpn-dco-dkms Configurations and Data
To remove openvpn-dco-dkms configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openvpn-dco-dkms
Remove openvpn-dco-dkms configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openvpn-dco-dkms configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openvpn-dco-dkms
Dependencies
openvpn-dco-dkms have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-dco-dkms package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
