How To Install network-manager-vpnc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-vpnc on Debian 10.
What is network-manager-vpnc
network-manager-vpnc 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 vpnc, providing easy access to Cisco Concentrator based VPN’s.
There are three methods to install network-manager-vpnc on Debian 10. 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-vpnc 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-vpnc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-vpnc
Install network-manager-vpnc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-vpnc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-vpnc
Install network-manager-vpnc 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-vpnc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-vpnc
How To Uninstall network-manager-vpnc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the network-manager-vpnc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-vpnc
Uninstall network-manager-vpnc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-vpnc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-vpnc
Remove network-manager-vpnc Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-vpnc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-vpnc
Remove network-manager-vpnc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-vpnc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-vpnc
Dependencies
network-manager-vpnc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-vpnc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.