How To Install wireguard on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard
on Debian 11.
What is wireguard
wireguard is:
WireGuard is a novel VPN that runs inside the Linux Kernel and uses state-of-the-art cryptography (the “Noise” protocol). It aims to be faster, simpler, leaner, and more useful than IPSec, while avoiding the massive headache. It intends to be considerably more performant than OpenVPN. WireGuard is designed as a general purpose VPN for running on embedded interfaces and super computers alike, fit for many different circumstances. It runs over UDP.
This metapackage explicitly depends on both the kernel module and the userspace tooling.
There are three methods to install wireguard
on Debian 11. 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 11
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 11, 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 11 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 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.