How To Install l2tpns on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install l2tpns on Debian 9.
What is l2tpns
l2tpns is:
l2tpns is a daemon designed to terminate large volumes of layer 2 tunnelling protocol (RFC 2661: L2TP) sessions.
The daemon supports up to 65535 sessions plus features such as rate limiting, walled garden, usage accounting, and clustering (for both load-sharing and redundancy).
Note that only the LNS side of the L2TP protocol is implemented, for a more complete L2TP implementation see the l2tpd package.
There are three methods to install l2tpns on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install l2tpns Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install l2tpns using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install l2tpns
Install l2tpns Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install l2tpns using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install l2tpns
Install l2tpns 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 l2tpns using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install l2tpns
How To Uninstall l2tpns on Debian 9
To uninstall only the l2tpns package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove l2tpns
Uninstall l2tpns And Its Dependencies
To uninstall l2tpns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove l2tpns
Remove l2tpns Configurations and Data
To remove l2tpns configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge l2tpns
Remove l2tpns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove l2tpns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge l2tpns
Dependencies
l2tpns have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install l2tpns package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.