How To Install strongswan-ike on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-ike on Debian 9.
What is strongswan-ike
strongswan-ike is:
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
This package used to install version 5 of the charon daemon and has been replaced by the strongswan-charon package. This package can be safely removed once it’s installed.
There are three methods to install strongswan-ike on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install strongswan-ike Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-ike using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install strongswan-ike
Install strongswan-ike Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-ike using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install strongswan-ike
Install strongswan-ike 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 strongswan-ike using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install strongswan-ike
How To Uninstall strongswan-ike on Debian 9
To uninstall only the strongswan-ike package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove strongswan-ike
Uninstall strongswan-ike And Its Dependencies
To uninstall strongswan-ike and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove strongswan-ike
Remove strongswan-ike Configurations and Data
To remove strongswan-ike configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge strongswan-ike
Remove strongswan-ike configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove strongswan-ike configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge strongswan-ike
Dependencies
strongswan-ike have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-ike package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.