How To Install NetworkManager-pptp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-pptp in Fedora 36. NetworkManager-pptp is NetworkManager VPN plugin for PPTP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-pptp on Fedora 36.

What is `NetworkManager-pptp`

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with the PPTP server with NetworkManager.

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

Install NetworkManager-pptp 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 NetworkManager-pptp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-pptp

Install NetworkManager-pptp 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 NetworkManager-pptp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-pptp

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-pptp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-pptp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-pptp

NetworkManager-pptp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/f046559e7692d617f2def5f8e181d24bb6fbd0
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/ca/32a908814a06d73d19fed0e9326226b5237c10
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/d033fea324e9db03d95ebaa4a33845a4bae0e9
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-pptp-service.name
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-pptp.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.9/nm-pptp-pppd-plugin.so
/usr/libexec/nm-pptp-service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/nm-pptp-service.conf
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-pptp
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-pptp/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-pptp/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-pptp/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-pptp/README
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-pptp
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-pptp/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-pptp.mo

References

NetworkManager-pptp website

Summary

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