How To Install openvpn-devel on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-devel on CentOS 7.
What is openvpn-devel
OpenVPN can be extended through the –plugin option, which provides possibilities to add specialized authentication, user accounting, packet filtering and related features. These plug-ins need to be written in C and provides a more low-level and information rich access to similar features as the various script-hooks.
We can use yum or dnf to install openvpn-devel on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install openvpn-devel.
Install openvpn-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install openvpn-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install openvpn-devel
Install openvpn-devel 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 openvpn-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install openvpn-devel
How To Uninstall openvpn-devel on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the openvpn-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove openvpn-devel
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openvpn-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
