How To Install vtun on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtun on Debian 12.
What is vtun
vtun is:
VTun is the easiest way to create virtual tunnels over TCP/IP networks with traffic shaping and compression.
It supports IP, PPP, SLIP, Ethernet and other tunnel types.
VTun is easily and highly configurable, it can be used for various network tasks.
VTun requires the universal TUN/TAP kernel module which can be found at http://vtun.sourceforge.net/tun/index.html or in the 2.4 and newer Linux kernels.
Note: This program includes an “encryption” feature intended to protect the tunneled data as it travels across the network. However, the protocol it uses is known to be very insecure, and you should not rely on it to deter anyone but a casual eavesdropper. See the included README.Encryption file for more information.
There are three methods to install vtun 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 vtun Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vtun using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vtun
Install vtun Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vtun using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vtun
Install vtun 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 vtun using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vtun
How To Uninstall vtun on Debian 12
To uninstall only the vtun package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vtun
Uninstall vtun And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vtun and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vtun
Remove vtun Configurations and Data
To remove vtun configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vtun
Remove vtun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vtun configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vtun
Dependencies
vtun have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vtun package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
