How To Install pptp on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptp on Fedora 34.
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 Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pptp.
Install pptp on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 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 Fedora 34
To uninstall only the pptp package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pptp
pptp Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/ppp/options.pptp
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/40
/usr/lib/.build-id/40/bda19b622dce5e7ca531cb63e3f4919cd21abb
/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 Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.