How To Install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8. openfortivpn is Client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openfortivpn

openfortivpn is a client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services. It spawns a pppd process and operates the communication between the gateway and this process. It is compatible with Fortinet VPNs.

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

Install openfortivpn 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 openfortivpn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openfortivpn

Install openfortivpn 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 openfortivpn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openfortivpn

How To Uninstall openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove openfortivpn

openfortivpn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/openfortivpn
/etc/openfortivpn/config
/usr/bin/openfortivpn
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/417990045e3d67b6d511f883ef031b50ffc7d8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE.OpenSSL
/usr/share/man/man1/openfortivpn.1.gz
/usr/share/openfortivpn
/usr/share/openfortivpn/config.template

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.