How To Install softether-vpnserver on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softether-vpnserver on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is softether-vpnserver
softether-vpnserver is:
SoftEther is an open-source cross-platform multi-protocol VPN program.
SoftEther supports:
- SSL-VPN, OpenVPN, IPsec, L2TP, MS-SSTP, L2TPv3, EtherIP
- VPN over ICMP and VPN over DNS
- Ethernet-bridging (L2) and IP-routing (L3) over VPN
- Embedded dynamic DNS and NAT traversal
- AES 256-bit and RSA 4096-bit encryption
- RADIUS and NT domain user authentication
- X.509 client certificates
- Packet logging
- Web GUI
This package ships the VPN server daemon.
There are three methods to install softether-vpnserver on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install softether-vpnserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install softether-vpnserver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install softether-vpnserver
Install softether-vpnserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install softether-vpnserver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install softether-vpnserver
Install softether-vpnserver 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install softether-vpnserver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install softether-vpnserver
How To Uninstall softether-vpnserver on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the softether-vpnserver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove softether-vpnserver
Uninstall softether-vpnserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall softether-vpnserver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove softether-vpnserver
Remove softether-vpnserver Configurations and Data
To remove softether-vpnserver configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge softether-vpnserver
Remove softether-vpnserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove softether-vpnserver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softether-vpnserver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softether-vpnserver package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
