How To Install wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install wvdial.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. wvdial.x86_64 is A heuristic autodialer for PPP connections

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `wvdial.x86_64`

WvDial automatically locates and configures modems and can log into almost any ISP’s server without special configuration. You need to input the username, password, and phone number, and then WvDial will negotiate the PPP connection using any mechanism needed.

We can use yum to install wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wvdial.x86_64.

Install wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install wvdial.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wvdial.x86_64

How To Uninstall wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the wvdial.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove wvdial.x86_64

wvdial.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/ppp/peers/wvdial
/etc/wvdial.conf
/usr/bin/wvdial
/usr/bin/wvdialconf
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61/COPYING.LIB
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61/README
/usr/share/doc/wvdial-1.61/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/wvdial.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/wvdialconf.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/wvdial.conf.5.gz

References

wvdial.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wvdial.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.