How To Install pptp on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptp on CentOS 8.
What is pptp
Client for the proprietary Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol, PPTP. Allows connection to a PPTP based VPN as used by employers and some cable and ADSL service providers.
We can use yum or dnf to install pptp on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pptp.
Install pptp 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 pptp using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pptp
Install pptp 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 pptp using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pptp
How To Uninstall pptp on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pptp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pptp
pptp Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/ppp/options.pptp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/59
/usr/lib/.build-id/59/066ef25b726a594e7c5b951f29a5a4fce8d49a
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/pptp.conf
/usr/sbin/pptp
/usr/share/doc/pptp
/usr/share/doc/pptp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pptp/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pptp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pptp/DESIGN.PPTP
/usr/share/doc/pptp/DEVELOPERS
/usr/share/doc/pptp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/pptp/PROTOCOL-SECURITY
/usr/share/doc/pptp/README
/usr/share/doc/pptp/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pptp/USING
/usr/share/man/man8/pptp.8.gz
/var/run/pptp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptp on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.