How To Install network-manager-sstp on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-sstp on Debian 12.
What is network-manager-sstp
network-manager-sstp 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 SSTP, commonly used for connecting to Microsoft VPN servers.
There are three methods to install network-manager-sstp 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 network-manager-sstp 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-sstp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-sstp
Install network-manager-sstp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-sstp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-sstp
Install network-manager-sstp 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 network-manager-sstp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-sstp
How To Uninstall network-manager-sstp on Debian 12
To uninstall only the network-manager-sstp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-sstp
Uninstall network-manager-sstp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-sstp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-sstp
Remove network-manager-sstp Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-sstp configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-sstp
Remove network-manager-sstp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-sstp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-sstp
Dependencies
network-manager-sstp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-sstp package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
