How To Install pptpd on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptpd on CentOS 8.
What is pptpd
This implements a Virtual Private Networking Server (VPN) that is compatible with Microsoft VPN clients. It allows windows users to connect to an internal firewalled network using their dialup.
We can use yum or dnf to install pptpd on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pptpd.
Install pptpd 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 pptpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pptpd
Install pptpd 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 pptpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pptpd
How To Uninstall pptpd on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pptpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pptpd
pptpd Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/ppp/options.pptpd
/etc/pptpd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/pptpd
/usr/bin/vpnstats.pl
/usr/bin/vpnuser
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/9527a0589f78e2e98a212e3cdac9c752ef421d
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/67188baf0256598288fe8a9372e7d31cf893d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/c225f3dad3a9f2625ed3deceaab40ed0d1350d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/2487429e71c83e81f4209afa1952a861ba48d9
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/pptpd.conf
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/20-pptpd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pptpd.service
/usr/lib64/pptpd
/usr/lib64/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so
/usr/sbin/bcrelay
/usr/sbin/pptp-portslave
/usr/sbin/pptpctrl
/usr/sbin/pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.bcrelay
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.cvs
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.inetd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.logwtmp
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.portslave
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.slirp
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/chap-secrets
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/options.pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/pptpd.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/pptpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bcrelay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pptpctrl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pptpd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptpd on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.