How To Install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8.

What is NetworkManager-pptp-gnome

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with the PPTP server with NetworkManager (GNOME files).

We can use yum or dnf to install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome.

Install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome

Install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-pptp-gnome package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-pptp-gnome

NetworkManager-pptp-gnome Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/fbcc40fe79bbc866bf0fdb0161f96a49e51e34
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/797f124ec31b3c73cd704fac72cb844dfbe7cb
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-pptp-editor.so
/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-auth-dialog
/usr/share/appdata/network-manager-pptp.metainfo.xml

References

• NetworkManager-pptp-gnome website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-pptp-gnome on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.