How To Install wvdial on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wvdial
on CentOS 7.
What is wvdial
WvDial automatically locates and configures modems and can log into almost any ISP’s server without special configuration. You need to input the username, password, and phone number, and then WvDial will negotiate the PPP connection using any mechanism needed.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install wvdial
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wvdial.
Install wvdial on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install wvdial
using yum
by running the following command:
Install wvdial 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.
After updating yum database, We can install wvdial
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall wvdial on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the wvdial
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wvdial
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.