How To Install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8.
What is openfortivpn
openfortivpn is a client for PPP+SSL VPN tunnel services. It spawns a pppd process and operates the communication between the gateway and this process. It is compatible with Fortinet VPNs.
We can use yum or dnf to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openfortivpn.
Install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openfortivpn using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openfortivpn
Install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install openfortivpn using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openfortivpn
How To Uninstall openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the openfortivpn package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openfortivpn
openfortivpn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/openfortivpn
/etc/openfortivpn/config
/usr/bin/openfortivpn
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/19
/usr/lib/.build-id/19/417990045e3d67b6d511f883ef031b50ffc7d8
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn
/usr/share/doc/openfortivpn/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/openfortivpn/LICENSE.OpenSSL
/usr/share/man/man1/openfortivpn.1.gz
/usr/share/openfortivpn
/usr/share/openfortivpn/config.template
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openfortivpn on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.