How To Install pptpd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptpd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is pptpd
This implements a Virtual Private Networking Server (VPN) that is compatible with Microsoft VPN clients. It allows windows users to connect to an internal firewalled network using their dialup.
We can use yum or dnf to install pptpd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pptpd.
Install pptpd 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 pptpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pptpd
Install pptpd 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 pptpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pptpd
How To Uninstall pptpd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the pptpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pptpd
pptpd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/ppp/options.pptpd
/etc/pptpd.conf
/etc/sysconfig/pptpd
/usr/bin/vpnstats.pl
/usr/bin/vpnuser
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/9527a0589f78e2e98a212e3cdac9c752ef421d
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/67188baf0256598288fe8a9372e7d31cf893d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/c225f3dad3a9f2625ed3deceaab40ed0d1350d
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/ec/2487429e71c83e81f4209afa1952a861ba48d9
/usr/lib/modules-load.d/pptpd.conf
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/20-pptpd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/pptpd.service
/usr/lib64/pptpd
/usr/lib64/pptpd/pptpd-logwtmp.so
/usr/sbin/bcrelay
/usr/sbin/pptp-portslave
/usr/sbin/pptpctrl
/usr/sbin/pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.bcrelay
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.cvs
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.inetd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.logwtmp
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.portslave
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/README.slirp
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/chap-secrets
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/options.pptpd
/usr/share/doc/pptpd/samples/pptpd.conf
/usr/share/man/man5/pptpd.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/bcrelay.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pptpctrl.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/pptpd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pptpd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.