How To Install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8.
What is ppp-devel
This package contains the header files for building plugins for ppp.
We can use yum or dnf to install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ppp-devel.
Install ppp-devel 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 ppp-devel using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ppp-devel
Install ppp-devel 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 ppp-devel using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ppp-devel
How To Uninstall ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the ppp-devel package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ppp-devel
ppp-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/include/pppd
/usr/include/pppd/cbcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ccp.h
/usr/include/pppd/chap-new.h
/usr/include/pppd/chap_ms.h
/usr/include/pppd/eap-tls.h
/usr/include/pppd/eap.h
/usr/include/pppd/ecp.h
/usr/include/pppd/eui64.h
/usr/include/pppd/fsm.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipv6cp.h
/usr/include/pppd/ipxcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/lcp.h
/usr/include/pppd/magic.h
/usr/include/pppd/md4.h
/usr/include/pppd/md5.h
/usr/include/pppd/patchlevel.h
/usr/include/pppd/pathnames.h
/usr/include/pppd/pppcrypt.h
/usr/include/pppd/pppd.h
/usr/include/pppd/session.h
/usr/include/pppd/sha1.h
/usr/include/pppd/spinlock.h
/usr/include/pppd/tdb.h
/usr/include/pppd/upap.h
/usr/share/doc/ppp-devel
/usr/share/doc/ppp-devel/PLUGINS
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppp-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.