How To Install tcpcryptd on Debian 10

Learn how to install tcpcryptd on Debian 10 with this tutorial. tcpcryptd is Opportunistically encrypt network transport

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpcryptd on Debian 10.

What is tcpcryptd

tcpcryptd is:

Tcpcrypt offers opportunistic security for TCP network traffic. All traffic between two tcpcrypt-enabled peers will be encrypted to protect against passive monitoring. tcpcrypt also exposes a strong session identifier to tcpcrypt-aware clients and servers, which can be used as a hook for authentication.

This package contains the network daemon, which will accept and wrap traffic redirected to it.

There are three methods to install tcpcryptd on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tcpcryptd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tcpcryptd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tcpcryptd

Install tcpcryptd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tcpcryptd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tcpcryptd

Install tcpcryptd 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 tcpcryptd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tcpcryptd

How To Uninstall tcpcryptd on Debian 10

To uninstall only the tcpcryptd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tcpcryptd

Uninstall tcpcryptd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tcpcryptd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tcpcryptd

Remove tcpcryptd Configurations and Data

To remove tcpcryptd configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tcpcryptd

Remove tcpcryptd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tcpcryptd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tcpcryptd

Dependencies

tcpcryptd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tcpcryptd package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.