How To Install cjdns on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjdns on CentOS 7. cjdns is The privacy-friendly network without borders

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjdns on CentOS 7.

What is cjdns

Cjdns implements an encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing. This provides near-zero-configuration networking, and prevents many of the security and scalability issues that plague existing networks.

We can use yum or dnf to install cjdns on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cjdns.

Install cjdns on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cjdns

Install cjdns on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cjdns

How To Uninstall cjdns on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cjdns

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cjdns on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.