Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-charon on Kali Linux.
What is strongswan-charon
strongswan-charon is:
The strongSwan VPN suite uses the native IPsec stack in the standard
Linux kernel. It supports both the IKEv1 and IKEv2 protocols.
charon is an IPsec IKEv2 daemon which can act as an initiator or a responder.
It is written from scratch using a fully multi-threaded design and a modular
architecture. Various plugins can provide additional functionality.
There are three methods to install strongswan-charon 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 strongswan-charon Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install strongswan-charon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install strongswan-charonInstall strongswan-charon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install strongswan-charon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install strongswan-charonInstall strongswan-charon 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 strongswan-charon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install strongswan-charonHow To Uninstall strongswan-charon on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the strongswan-charon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove strongswan-charonUninstall strongswan-charon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall strongswan-charon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove strongswan-charonRemove strongswan-charon Configurations and Data
To remove strongswan-charon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge strongswan-charonRemove strongswan-charon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove strongswan-charon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge strongswan-charonDependencies
strongswan-charon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-charon package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
