How To Install network-manager-openvpn on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openvpn on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn is:
NetworkManager is a system network service that manages your network devices and connections, attempting to keep active network connectivity when available. It manages ethernet, WiFi, mobile broadband (WWAN), and PPPoE devices, and provides VPN integration with a variety of different VPN services.
This package provides a VPN plugin for OpenVPN. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install network-manager-openvpn 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 network-manager-openvpn Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openvpn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install network-manager-openvpn
Install network-manager-openvpn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install network-manager-openvpn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install network-manager-openvpn
Install network-manager-openvpn 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 network-manager-openvpn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install network-manager-openvpn
How To Uninstall network-manager-openvpn on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the network-manager-openvpn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove network-manager-openvpn
Uninstall network-manager-openvpn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall network-manager-openvpn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove network-manager-openvpn
Remove network-manager-openvpn Configurations and Data
To remove network-manager-openvpn configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge network-manager-openvpn
Remove network-manager-openvpn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove network-manager-openvpn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge network-manager-openvpn
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install network-manager-openvpn package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
