How To Install vpnc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install vpnc in Fedora 36. vpnc is IPSec VPN client compatible with Cisco equipment

Introduction

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

What is `vpnc`

A VPN client compatible with Cisco’s EasyVPN equipment. Supports IPSec (ESP) with Mode Configuration and Xauth. Supports only shared-secret IPSec authentication, 3DES, MD5, and IP tunneling.

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

Install vpnc 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 vpnc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vpnc

Install vpnc 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 vpnc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install vpnc

How To Uninstall vpnc on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove vpnc

vpnc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/vpnc/default.conf
/usr/bin/cisco-decrypt
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/f0d7aa241821f897650a97c2053f884f912d89
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/bfaa8b9f83dedef732fdf21fc38ebc00fdc8ff
/usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/vpnc.conf
/usr/sbin/vpnc
/usr/sbin/vpnc-disconnect
/usr/share/doc/vpnc
/usr/share/doc/vpnc/README
/usr/share/doc/vpnc/pcf2vpnc
/usr/share/doc/vpnc/pcf2vpnc.1
/usr/share/licenses/vpnc
/usr/share/licenses/vpnc/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/cisco-decrypt.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/vpnc.8.gz

References

vpnc website

Summary

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