How To Install strongswan-sqlite on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-sqlite on CentOS 7. strongswan-sqlite is SQLite support for strongSwan

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install strongswan-sqlite on CentOS 7.

What is strongswan-sqlite

The sqlite plugin adds an SQLite database backend to strongSwan.

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

Install strongswan-sqlite on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install strongswan-sqlite using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install strongswan-sqlite

Install strongswan-sqlite 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 strongswan-sqlite using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install strongswan-sqlite

How To Uninstall strongswan-sqlite on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the strongswan-sqlite package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove strongswan-sqlite

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Summary

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