# Is Rocky 9 still supporting vpnc? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rocky Linux Help & Support\ **Created:** [December 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271 "2022-12-15T15:41:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/1 "2022-12-15T15:41:09Z")
I’m having difficulties on installing vpnc. I’ve updated elrepo.repo on my rocky 9. Based on some online information, I need the following packages: NetworkManager-openvpn NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome NetworkManager-vpnc, NetworkManager-vpnc-gnome, openvpn vpnc I can’t find these packages on my system. Please help… ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/2 "2022-12-15T18:03:49Z")
The openvpn ones do exist: ```auto [root@rocky9 ~]# dnf search networkmanager-openvpn Last metadata expiration check: 3:34:16 ago on Thu 15 Dec 2022 03:28:29 PM CET. ===================== Name Matched: networkmanager-openvpn ===================== NetworkManager-openvpn.x86_64 : NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN NetworkManager-openvpn-gnome.x86_64 : NetworkManager VPN plugin for OpenVPN - : GNOME files ``` but maybe you don’t have epel repository enabled: ```auto dnf install epel-release ``` vpnc ones don’t exist in epel it seems. ---
**Author:** ![gerry666uk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dbc845/32.png) [@gerry666uk](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/gerry666uk)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/3 "2022-12-15T20:07:04Z")
It’s also worth checking if you can achieve the same thing using the official Rocky packages. ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:51pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/4 "2022-12-15T21:51:59Z")
What’s “the official Rocky packages”? ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:56pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/5 "2022-12-15T21:56:19Z")
I don’t want to run Fedora on my desktop. But for testing, I installed Fedora 37 on a different hard drive. I did exactly the same on the Fedora. I was able to install vpnc. ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:05pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/6 "2022-12-15T22:05:33Z")
I’ve done this before posting this issue: [kyiu@mydesktop ~]$ dnf search networkmanager-openvpn Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 0:24:48 ago on Wed 14 Dec 2022 04:37:25 PM. No matches found. Why your dnf search work and mine don’t? ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:17pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/7 "2022-12-15T22:17:59Z")
Sound like I’m lying on my posit. I ran “sudo dnf install epel-release” again. And the system said it’s available and installed epel-release again. What’s going on? It seems the the command needs to be run each time I powered up the machine. I was able to installed the packages, except vpnc.x86-64. Do I need the package? ---
**Author:** ![sspencerwire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@sspencerwire](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/sspencerwire)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/8 "2022-12-15T22:32:39Z")
It seems the EPEL hasn’t released a version of vpnc since version 7: [Overview - rpms/vpnc - src.fedoraproject.org](https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/vpnc) You can try filing a bug report with RH Bugzilla. I did this (along with several other people) to ask for a build of `rsnapshot` for the EPEL, which has now been released: [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2104397](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2104397) ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 10:45pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/9 "2022-12-15T22:45:46Z")
Thank you! I’ll try filing the bug report. I don’t know why it works on Fedora 37. ---
**Author:** ![iwalker](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/iwalker/32/2599_2.png) [@iwalker](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/iwalker)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/10 "2022-12-16T16:36:23Z")
> [@kyiu](#): > > I ran “sudo dnf install epel-release” again. And the system said it’s available and installed epel-release again. What’s going on? It seems the the command needs to be run each time I powered up the machine. In your first post you mentioned you installed elrepo, which is something else entirely. Maybe you installed this instead of epel? You can do: ```auto [root@rocky9 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i release epel-release-9-4.el9.noarch elrepo-release-9.1-1.el9.elrepo.noarch rocky-release-9.1-1.11.el9.noarch ``` which you can see on mine shows I have both epel and elrepo installed. You can reboot and run this to make sure they are still both installed. I’ve never had a repo remove itself before, which would be somewhat strange situation. ---
**Author:** ![kyiu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/df788c/32.png) [@kyiu](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/kyiu)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/11 "2022-12-16T19:10:46Z")
indeed, I’ve checked dnf repolist, I have both elrepo and epel. repo id repo name appstream Rocky Linux 9 - AppStream baseos Rocky Linux 9 - BaseOS elrepo [ELRepo.org](http://ELRepo.org) Community Enterprise Linux Repository - el9 epel Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 9 - x86\_64 extras Rocky Linux 9 - Extras I’ve decide to put my old hard drive back and continue to run Rocky 8.5 for while until the vpnc package issue is resolved. Thanks for your help ---
**Author:** ![brian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forums.rockylinux.org/brian/32/5777_2.png) [@brian](https://forums.rockylinux.org/u/brian)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2023, 3:30am UTC](https://forums.rockylinux.org/t/is-rocky-9-still-supporting-vpnc/8271/12 "2023-08-25T03:30:54Z")