How To Install secnet on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install secnet on Debian 12.
What is secnet
secnet is:
secnet allows multiple private networks, each ‘hidden’ behind a single globally-routable IP address, to be bridged together. It also supports individual client systems which may connect to multiple upstreams.
Compared to many other systems, secnet has good handling of mobile endpoints (mobile client nodes), and extremely flexible configuration. However, it is not easy to configure.
secnet works well with userv-ipif (allowing it to run without needing root privilege) and hippotat (not currently in Debian).
secnet is the main VPN program used by greenend.org.uk.
There are three methods to install secnet 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 secnet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install secnet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install secnet
Install secnet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install secnet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install secnet
Install secnet 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 secnet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install secnet
How To Uninstall secnet on Debian 12
To uninstall only the secnet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove secnet
Uninstall secnet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall secnet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove secnet
Remove secnet Configurations and Data
To remove secnet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge secnet
Remove secnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove secnet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge secnet
Dependencies
secnet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install secnet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
