How To Install wireguard on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wireguard
Remove wireguard Configurations and Data
To remove wireguard configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wireguard package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
