How To Install strongswan-swanctl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-swanctl on Kali Linux.

What is strongswan-swanctl

strongswan-swanctl 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 contains the swanctl interface, used to configure a running charon daemon

There are three methods to install strongswan-swanctl 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 strongswan-swanctl 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-swanctl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install strongswan-swanctl

Install strongswan-swanctl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-swanctl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install strongswan-swanctl

Install strongswan-swanctl 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 strongswan-swanctl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install strongswan-swanctl

How To Uninstall strongswan-swanctl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the strongswan-swanctl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove strongswan-swanctl

Uninstall strongswan-swanctl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall strongswan-swanctl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove strongswan-swanctl

Remove strongswan-swanctl Configurations and Data

To remove strongswan-swanctl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge strongswan-swanctl

Remove strongswan-swanctl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove strongswan-swanctl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge strongswan-swanctl

Dependencies

strongswan-swanctl have the following dependencies:

• libstrongswan
• libc6

References

• strongswan-swanctl website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-swanctl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.