How To Install charon-cmd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install charon-cmd on Kali Linux.
What is charon-cmd
charon-cmd is:
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
This package contains the charon-cmd command, which can be used as a client to connect to a remote IKE daemon.
There are three methods to install charon-cmd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install charon-cmd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install charon-cmd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install charon-cmdInstall charon-cmd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install charon-cmd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install charon-cmdInstall charon-cmd Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install charon-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install charon-cmdHow To Uninstall charon-cmd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the charon-cmd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove charon-cmdUninstall charon-cmd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall charon-cmd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove charon-cmdRemove charon-cmd Configurations and Data
To remove charon-cmd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge charon-cmdRemove charon-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove charon-cmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge charon-cmdDependencies
charon-cmd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install charon-cmd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
