How To Install miredo on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install miredo on Debian 11. miredo is Teredo IPv6 tunneling through NATs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install miredo on Debian 11.

What is miredo

miredo is:

The Teredo IPv6 tunneling protocol encapsulates IPv6 packets into UDP/IPv4 datagrams, to allow hosts behind NAT devices to access the IPv6 Internet.

Miredo is a Teredo client (as per RFC 4380): it can provide IPv6 connectivity to a dual-stack IPv6/IPv4 host even if it is located behind a NAT. It can also operate as a Teredo relay which forwards IPv6 packets between the IPv6 Internet and remote Teredo clients.

There are three methods to install miredo on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install miredo Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install miredo

Install miredo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install miredo

Install miredo 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 miredo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install miredo

How To Uninstall miredo on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove miredo

Uninstall miredo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall miredo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove miredo

Remove miredo Configurations and Data

To remove miredo configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge miredo

Remove miredo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miredo

Dependencies

miredo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install miredo package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.