How To Install ppp on CentOS 8

ppp is The Point-to-Point Protocol daemon The Point-to-Point Protocol daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp on CentOS 8.

What is ppp

The ppp package contains the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is usually used to dial in to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or other organization over a modem and phone line. ppp 2.4.7 26.el8_1 x86_64 407 k ppp-2.4.7-26.el8_1.src.rpm baseos The Point-to-Point Protocol daemon http BSD and LGPLv2+ and GPLv2+ and Public Domain The ppp package contains the PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) daemon and documentation for PPP support. The PPP protocol provides a method for transmitting datagrams over serial point-to-point links. PPP is usually used to dial in to an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or other organization over a modem and phone line.

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

Install ppp on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ppp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ppp

Install ppp on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install ppp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ppp

How To Uninstall ppp on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove ppp

ppp Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/ppp
/etc/pam.d/ppp
/etc/ppp
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
/etc/ppp/eaptls-client
/etc/ppp/eaptls-server
/etc/ppp/ip-down
/etc/ppp/ip-down.ipv6to4
/etc/ppp/ip-up
/etc/ppp/ip-up.ipv6to4
/etc/ppp/ipv6-down
/etc/ppp/ipv6-up
/etc/ppp/options
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
/run/lock/ppp
/run/ppp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/0acebcd6d8378e9906c330d5046e376898d492
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/9b1035a8b631e9c5e90196af6f41e2b73e6d31
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/8c34ba4aa80198690526da8506d5264fff9f9a
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/19510429145b71ca05f61b91467338530f46a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/ec4d50839b0337966652619deef2c66a5a065e
/usr/lib/.build-id/57
/usr/lib/.build-id/57/212cd84c6f956402fbeda100559f5f4d76ce37
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/4a2737cd3f45e372647c0697ba8fd9976fe02b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/b4b7ccfe2205a7e354480ab0bbc3a8daecc8ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/f491fcd4292888733696bfec60028424975233
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/41f874471a78c4776998421860d6bf8e9cb076
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/76536f04470f63432c4d064d766a9b4fb90bbe
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/df13f9a1eb091cbccedc1373280ff08bf6f403
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/e474f9673253b37a4654bd9899c8a61f15653f
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/3d3e20b42f85eb660720f0528c66c7d594da25
/usr/lib/.build-id/df
/usr/lib/.build-id/df/a09d7ff3fbf3d69c52e719aecd8599fab82c4d
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/875ed8ae2cdafab89c0378049a7439f4b69ac6
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/712132a3db681f53cc30b9e8f3ed2cc6cd0e64
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ppp.conf
/usr/lib64/pppd
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/minconn.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/openl2tp.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/passprompt.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/passwordfd.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/pppoatm.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/pppol2tp.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/radattr.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/radius.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/radrealms.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/rp-pppoe.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/winbind.so
/usr/sbin/chat
/usr/sbin/ppp-watch
/usr/sbin/pppd
/usr/sbin/pppdump
/usr/sbin/pppoe-discovery
/usr/sbin/pppstats
/usr/share/doc/ppp
/usr/share/doc/ppp/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MPPE
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MSCHAP80
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MSCHAP81
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.cbcp
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.eap-tls
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.pppoe
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.pwfd
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/auth-down
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/auth-up
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/ip-down
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/ip-up
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/options
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/options.ttyXX
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/pap-secrets
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/autopppd
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/callback
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chat-callback
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat/chatchat.c
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ip-down.local.add
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ip-up.local.add
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ipv6-down.sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ipv6-up.sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-rsh-loc
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-rsh-rem
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-ssh-loc
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-ssh-rem
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/plog
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/poff
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/pon
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/pon.1
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-off
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-dialer
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-rsh
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-ssh
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/redialer
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/secure-card
/usr/share/man/man8/chat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ppp-watch.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd-radattr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd-radius.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppoe-discovery.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppstats.8.gz
/var/log/ppp
/etc/logrotate.d
/etc/logrotate.d/ppp
/etc/pam.d/ppp
/etc/ppp
/etc/ppp/chap-secrets
/etc/ppp/eaptls-client
/etc/ppp/eaptls-server
/etc/ppp/ip-down
/etc/ppp/ip-down.ipv6to4
/etc/ppp/ip-up
/etc/ppp/ip-up.ipv6to4
/etc/ppp/ipv6-down
/etc/ppp/ipv6-up
/etc/ppp/options
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
/run/lock/ppp
/run/ppp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/04
/usr/lib/.build-id/04/898d8bb28175c48694b8fc3e38c750dca1aaeb
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/b31d96744e533dee92294f784f8b730f72c0c6
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/08748801a9d7a5569efda42ff7302c13108769
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/865989c47786f12f0237b6cbc2eb3cd6e1a001
/usr/lib/.build-id/43
/usr/lib/.build-id/43/c9b997516b3c34f0427e0c209e98925fe6d48d
/usr/lib/.build-id/53
/usr/lib/.build-id/53/f0aa66fa4a743322e05f43e4ac8e3447e5934f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/37ca95905804098a745d285d7e0087b3cbaa1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/90
/usr/lib/.build-id/90/b65e629673447bd932bcfcd0f998de79335b16
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/f9f5426d02db4daf7574d9ac21d2339c9c5496
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/946e66696d8f10222ce2d973515ad6216f57ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/70a701397f9850ddcfdb0b55611ebf7e21eb0b
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab
/usr/lib/.build-id/ab/783f5d255a79467442c5cb9c1ddc6074aad4a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/31778b57826d4d090d3ca646532caeee2e7038
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/509bfab599ced562a9c9089e44b5c59298d1cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/ea1819637a13d0c7d5912dab51b283044c7e43
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1
/usr/lib/.build-id/f1/e779933a86a9251184449b26aea6c870a2a28f
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f5/413b976b2fafe546d608243669cff7e68ceef4
/usr/lib/pppd
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/minconn.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/openl2tp.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/passprompt.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/passwordfd.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/pppoatm.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/pppol2tp.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/radattr.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/radius.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/radrealms.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/rp-pppoe.so
/usr/lib/pppd/2.4.7/winbind.so
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ppp.conf
/usr/sbin/chat
/usr/sbin/ppp-watch
/usr/sbin/pppd
/usr/sbin/pppdump
/usr/sbin/pppoe-discovery
/usr/sbin/pppstats
/usr/share/doc/ppp
/usr/share/doc/ppp/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MPPE
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MSCHAP80
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.MSCHAP81
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.cbcp
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.eap-tls
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.linux
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.pppoe
/usr/share/doc/ppp/README.pwfd
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/auth-down
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/auth-up
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/ip-down
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/ip-up
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/options
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/options.ttyXX
/usr/share/doc/ppp/sample/pap-secrets
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/autopppd
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/callback
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chat-callback
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat/README
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/chatchat/chatchat.c
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ip-down.local.add
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ip-up.local.add
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ipv6-down.sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ipv6-up.sample
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-rsh-loc
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-rsh-rem
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-ssh-loc
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/options-ssh-rem
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/plog
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/poff
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/pon
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/pon.1
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-off
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-dialer
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-rsh
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/ppp-on-ssh
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/redialer
/usr/share/doc/ppp/scripts/secure-card
/usr/share/man/man8/chat.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/ppp-watch.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd-radattr.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd-radius.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppdump.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppoe-discovery.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pppstats.8.gz
/var/log/ppp

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.