How To Install openvpn-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-devel on Rocky Linux 8. openvpn-devel is Development headers and examples for OpenVPN plug-ins

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is openvpn-devel

OpenVPN can be extended through the –plugin option, which provides possibilities to add specialized authentication, user accounting, packet filtering and related features. These plug-ins need to be written in C and provides a more low-level and information rich access to similar features as the various script-hooks.

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

Install openvpn-devel 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 openvpn-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install openvpn-devel

Install openvpn-devel 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 openvpn-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install openvpn-devel

How To Uninstall openvpn-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the openvpn-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove openvpn-devel

openvpn-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/openvpn-msg.h
/usr/include/openvpn-plugin.h
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer/build
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer/simple.def
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/defer/winbuild
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/build
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/client.ovpn
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/http-client.py
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/http-server.py
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/keyingmaterialexporter.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/keying-material-exporter-demo/server.ovpn
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/log
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/log/build
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/log/log.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/log/log_v3.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/log/winbuild
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/README
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/base64.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/build
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.c
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/simple.def
/usr/share/doc/openvpn/sample/sample-plugins/simple/winbuild

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Summary

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