How To Install wireguard on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard on Debian 10.
What is wireguard
wireguard is:
There are three methods to install wireguard on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wireguard Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wireguard using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wireguard
Install wireguard Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wireguard using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wireguard
Install wireguard 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 wireguard using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wireguard
How To Uninstall wireguard on Debian 10
To uninstall only the wireguard package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wireguard
Uninstall wireguard And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wireguard and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireguard
Remove wireguard Configurations and Data
To remove wireguard configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wireguard
Remove wireguard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wireguard configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wireguard
Dependencies
wireguard have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.