Information about the package, NetworkManager-pptp, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The NetworkManager-pptp package is designed for, NetworkManager VPN plugin for pptp.
Package Name:
NetworkManager-pptp
Summary:
NetworkManager VPN plugin for pptp
Description:
This package contains software for integrating PPTP VPN support with the NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.8.0
Release:
1.git20100411.el6
Size:
106 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the NetworkManager-pptp package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install NetworkManager-pptp
This command will install NetworkManager-pptp on the server.
yum remove NetworkManager-pptp
This command will un-install NetworkManager-pptp on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove NetworkManager-pptp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove NetworkManager-pptp
This command will un-install NetworkManager-pptp on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove NetworkManager-pptp when using the -y flag.
yum update NetworkManager-pptp
This command will update NetworkManager-pptp to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove NetworkManager-pptp, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update NetworkManager-pptp
This command will update NetworkManager-pptp to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove NetworkManager-pptp when using the -y flag.
yum info NetworkManager-pptp
This command will show you core information about the NetworkManager-pptp package.
yum deplist NetworkManager-pptp
This command will show you the dependencies for NetworkManager-pptp. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update NetworkManager-pptp
This command will check if there is an update waiting on NetworkManager-pptp. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.