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Asked: 2019-01-30 20:06:53 +0800 CST

yum : Installing openvpn on centos not available

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I just installed a centos version on AWS. But I am not able to install openvpn.

When I try: sudo yum -y install openvpn I get this error message:

Geladene Plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: mirror.ratiokontakt.de
 * centosplus: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
 * extras: mirror.imt-systems.com
 * updates: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
Kein Paket openvpn verfügbar.
Fehler: Nichts zu tun

Sorry, this is in German (another thing that bothers me). But loosely translated it is like:

Loaded plugins: fastestmirror
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
     * base: mirror.ratiokontakt.de
     * centosplus: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
     * extras: mirror.imt-systems.com
     * updates: mirror.fra10.de.leaseweb.net
No package openvpn available.
Error: Nothing to do

actually pretty weird. I do not understand why is does not find anything.

How do I solve this annoying problem?

centos

1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    OpenVPN is not available via standard repos available in cent os .. It's available via EPEL repository. First install EPEL repo and then install open vpn.

    Step 1: update cent os and Enable EPEL repository

    On CentOS 6:

    sudo yum update -y
rpm -Uvh http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/epel-release-6-8.noarch.rpm

    On CentOS 7:

    sudo yum update -y
yum install epel-release

    Step 2: Install openvpn

    yum install -y openvpn easy-rsa

    Source : https://www.quickservers.com/en/how-to-install-openvpn-on-centos.php https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-and-configure-an-openvpn-server-on-centos-7

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