How To Install wireguard on Debian 10

Learn how to install wireguard on Debian 10 with this tutorial. wireguard is

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.