How To Install fastd on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastd on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fastd
fastd is:
A VPN daemon that has many features of OpenVPN and Tinc and is optimized for small code size and small number of dependencies. Fastd became popular on small devices like routers.
Package: fastd Architecture: amd64 Version: 18-3build1 Priority: extra Section: universe/net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Matthias Schiffer [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 223 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.17), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libjson-c4 (>= 0.13.1), libsodium23 (>= 0.6.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libuecc0 (>= 6) Filename: pool/universe/f/fastd/fastd_18-3build1_amd64.deb Size: 77468 MD5sum: 5e216a1d80186f0ce20acef3413f21c1 SHA1: 29ec65b5d186c0d2be58656fc64472ee70ed50e8 SHA256: aede8275d3b9bb181d8e5d2b3cb0e7d87ed046cc32e66a7d7ed1e1c11f2f4477 Homepage: https://projects.universe-factory.net/projects/fastd Description-en: Fast and Secure Tunneling Daemon A VPN daemon that has many features of OpenVPN and Tinc and is optimized for small code size and small number of dependencies. Fastd became popular on small devices like routers.
There are three methods to install fastd on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fastd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fastd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fastd
Install fastd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fastd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fastd
Install fastd 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 fastd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fastd
How To Uninstall fastd on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fastd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fastd
Uninstall fastd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fastd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fastd
Remove fastd Configurations and Data
To remove fastd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fastd
Remove fastd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fastd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fastd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fastd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
