How To Install nebula on Debian 12

Learn how to install nebula on Debian 12 with this tutorial. nebula is performant, scalable network overlay

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nebula on Debian 12.

What is nebula

nebula is:

Nebula is a scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security. It is intended to be more robust than current virtual networking solutions by providing peer-to-peer connectivity and NAT traversal mechanisms. Nebula uses state-of-the-art cryptography based on the “Noise” protocol.

This package provide the binaries and default configuration for Nebula.

There are three methods to install nebula on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nebula Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nebula

Install nebula Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nebula

Install nebula 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 nebula using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nebula

How To Uninstall nebula on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove nebula

Uninstall nebula And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nebula and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nebula

Remove nebula Configurations and Data

To remove nebula configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nebula

Remove nebula configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nebula

Dependencies

nebula have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nebula package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.