How To Install vpnc-consoleuser on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install vpnc-consoleuser on CentOS 7. vpnc-consoleuser is Allows console user to run the VPN client directly

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install vpnc-consoleuser on CentOS 7.

What is vpnc-consoleuser

Allows the console user to run the IPSec VPN client directly without switching to the root account.

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

Install vpnc-consoleuser on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install vpnc-consoleuser

Install vpnc-consoleuser 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 vpnc-consoleuser using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install vpnc-consoleuser

How To Uninstall vpnc-consoleuser on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the vpnc-consoleuser package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove vpnc-consoleuser

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Summary

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