How To Install charon-cmd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install charon-cmd on Kali Linux. charon-cmd is standalone IPsec client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install charon-cmd on Kali Linux.

What is charon-cmd

charon-cmd is:

The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.

This package contains the charon-cmd command, which can be used as a client to connect to a remote IKE daemon.

There are three methods to install charon-cmd 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 charon-cmd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install charon-cmd

Install charon-cmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install charon-cmd

Install charon-cmd 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install charon-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install charon-cmd

How To Uninstall charon-cmd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the charon-cmd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove charon-cmd

Uninstall charon-cmd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall charon-cmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove charon-cmd

Remove charon-cmd Configurations and Data

To remove charon-cmd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge charon-cmd

Remove charon-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charon-cmd

Dependencies

charon-cmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install charon-cmd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.