How To Install network-manager-openconnect on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openconnect on Kali Linux. network-manager-openconnect is network management framework (OpenConnect plugin core)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openconnect on Kali Linux.

What is network-manager-openconnect

network-manager-openconnect 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, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.

This package provides a VPN plugin for OpenConnect, an open client for Cisco’s AnyConnect SSL VPN, Juniper’s Pulse Connect Secure and Palo Alto’s GlobalProtect.

There are three methods to install network-manager-openconnect 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-openconnect 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-openconnect using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-openconnect

Install network-manager-openconnect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openconnect using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install network-manager-openconnect

Install network-manager-openconnect 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 network-manager-openconnect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-openconnect

How To Uninstall network-manager-openconnect on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the network-manager-openconnect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove network-manager-openconnect

Uninstall network-manager-openconnect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-openconnect

Remove network-manager-openconnect Configurations and Data

To remove network-manager-openconnect configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-openconnect

Remove network-manager-openconnect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove network-manager-openconnect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-openconnect

Dependencies

network-manager-openconnect have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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