How To Install ocproxy on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocproxy in Fedora 36. ocproxy is OpenConnect Proxy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocproxy on Fedora 36.

What is `ocproxy`

OCProxy is a user-level SOCKS and port forwarding proxy for OpenConnect based on lwIP. When using ocproxy, OpenConnect only handles network activity that the user specifically asks to proxy, so the VPN interface no longer “hijacks” all network traffic on the host.

We can use yum or dnf to install ocproxy on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ocproxy.

Install ocproxy on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocproxy using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ocproxy

Install ocproxy on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ocproxy using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ocproxy

How To Uninstall ocproxy on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ocproxy package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ocproxy

ocproxy Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ocproxy
/usr/bin/vpnns
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/676b80c58d05434f27e27b9068284a65f595ef
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/ea/34a0b4ccc17e7d11d2171ede0c3a6fcb588be4
/usr/share/doc/ocproxy
/usr/share/doc/ocproxy/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/ocproxy/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/ocproxy
/usr/share/licenses/ocproxy/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/ocproxy.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vpnns.1.gz

References

ocproxy website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ocproxy on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).