How To Install network-manager-iodine on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-iodine on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is network-manager-iodine
network-manager-iodine is:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package provides a VPN plugin for iodine.
There are three methods to install network-manager-iodine on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install network-manager-iodine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-iodine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-iodine
Install network-manager-iodine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-iodine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-iodine
Install network-manager-iodine 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-iodine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-iodine
How To Uninstall network-manager-iodine on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the network-manager-iodine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-iodine
Uninstall network-manager-iodine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-iodine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-iodine
Remove network-manager-iodine Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-iodine configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-iodine
Remove network-manager-iodine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-iodine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-iodine
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-iodine package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
