How To Install badvpn on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install badvpn in Fedora 36. badvpn is Peer-to-peer VPN solution

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install badvpn on Fedora 36.

What is `badvpn`

BadVPN is a layer 2 peer-to-peer VPN solution.

We can use yum or dnf to install badvpn on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install badvpn.

Install badvpn on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install badvpn

Install badvpn on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install badvpn

How To Uninstall badvpn on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove badvpn

badvpn Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/badvpn-client
/usr/bin/badvpn-flooder
/usr/bin/badvpn-ncd
/usr/bin/badvpn-ncd-request
/usr/bin/badvpn-server
/usr/bin/badvpn-tun2socks
/usr/bin/badvpn-tunctl
/usr/bin/badvpn-udpgw
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/765f72e91acd31b5e41cebd803d4d50e14d37c
/usr/lib/.build-id/15
/usr/lib/.build-id/15/8dcebf1201c7294dce251e1a6168a36a69f41b
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/85707c97ac5effc22a9b62334933e512435e4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/d517462ccd684bc12beb4ecd8dd0b2a0be4fde
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa
/usr/lib/.build-id/aa/128d82273b7b04aa98fba4e73432411c9963a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5
/usr/lib/.build-id/c5/a3d3c28a86ca7e3deb8a2646293323148f66ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/23d23f4b7633edb4cb5c6d449b19afff8f8e69
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/420defe2c419ccdfc732c338387d428f935bcd
/usr/share/licenses/badvpn
/usr/share/licenses/badvpn/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man7/badvpn.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/badvpn-client.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/badvpn-server.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/badvpn-tun2socks.8.gz

References

badvpn website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install badvpn on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).