How To Install softether-vpnserver on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install softether-vpnserver
on Kali Linux.
What is softether-vpnserver
softether-vpnserver is:
SoftEther is an open-source cross-platform multi-protocol VPN program.
SoftEther supports:
- SSL-VPN, OpenVPN, IPsec, L2TP, MS-SSTP, L2TPv3, EtherIP
- VPN over ICMP and VPN over DNS
- Ethernet-bridging (L2) and IP-routing (L3) over VPN
- Embedded dynamic DNS and NAT traversal
- AES 256-bit and RSA 4096-bit encryption
- RADIUS and NT domain user authentication
- X.509 client certificates
- Packet logging
- Web GUI
This package ships the VPN server daemon.
There are three methods to install softether-vpnserver
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 softether-vpnserver Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install softether-vpnserver
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install softether-vpnserver
Install softether-vpnserver Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install softether-vpnserver
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install softether-vpnserver
Install softether-vpnserver 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 softether-vpnserver
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install softether-vpnserver
How To Uninstall softether-vpnserver on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the softether-vpnserver
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove softether-vpnserver
Uninstall softether-vpnserver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall softether-vpnserver
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove softether-vpnserver
Remove softether-vpnserver Configurations and Data
To remove softether-vpnserver
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge softether-vpnserver
Remove softether-vpnserver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove softether-vpnserver
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge softether-vpnserver
Dependencies
softether-vpnserver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install softether-vpnserver
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.