How To Install network-manager-l2tp on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-l2tp on Kali Linux.
What is network-manager-l2tp
network-manager-l2tp 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 L2TP with optional IPsec support.
There are three methods to install network-manager-l2tp 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 network-manager-l2tp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-l2tp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-l2tpInstall network-manager-l2tp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-l2tp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-l2tpInstall network-manager-l2tp 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install network-manager-l2tp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-l2tpHow To Uninstall network-manager-l2tp on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the network-manager-l2tp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-l2tpUninstall network-manager-l2tp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-l2tp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-l2tpRemove network-manager-l2tp Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-l2tp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-l2tpRemove network-manager-l2tp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-l2tp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-l2tpDependencies
network-manager-l2tp have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-l2tp package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
