How To Install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8. ppp-devel is Headers for ppp plugin development

Introduction

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

What is ppp-devel

This package contains the header files for building plugins for ppp.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install ppp-devel

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

sudo yum -y install ppp-devel

How To Uninstall ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove ppp-devel

ppp-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/include/pppd
/usr/include/pppd/cbcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ccp.h
/usr/include/pppd/chap-new.h
/usr/include/pppd/chap_ms.h
/usr/include/pppd/eap-tls.h
/usr/include/pppd/eap.h
/usr/include/pppd/ecp.h
/usr/include/pppd/eui64.h
/usr/include/pppd/fsm.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipv6cp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipxcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/lcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/magic.h
/usr/include/pppd/md4.h
/usr/include/pppd/md5.h
/usr/include/pppd/patchlevel.h
/usr/include/pppd/pathnames.h
/usr/include/pppd/pppcrypt.h
/usr/include/pppd/pppd.h
/usr/include/pppd/session.h
/usr/include/pppd/sha1.h
/usr/include/pppd/spinlock.h
/usr/include/pppd/tdb.h
/usr/include/pppd/upap.h
/usr/share/doc/ppp-devel
/usr/share/doc/ppp-devel/PLUGINS

References

Summary

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