How To Install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8. NetworkManager-openconnect is NetworkManager VPN plugin for openconnect

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `NetworkManager-openconnect`

This package contains software for integrating the openconnect VPN software with NetworkManager and the GNOME desktop

We can use yum or dnf to install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-openconnect.

Install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-openconnect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-openconnect

Install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-openconnect

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-openconnect package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-openconnect

NetworkManager-openconnect Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-openconnect-service.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/20
/usr/lib/.build-id/20/e07b7fd0e32ce299ed2850ee8af187b75b6a5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/f844f50c68e779701a56698d30f479e39c6495
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fe/719930f5631634a648cd3c1f090387ae974b7b
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openconnect-service.name
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-openconnect.so
/usr/libexec/nm-openconnect-service
/usr/libexec/nm-openconnect-service-openconnect-helper
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openconnect
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openconnect/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openconnect/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openconnect/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-openconnect
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-openconnect/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openconnect.mo

References

NetworkManager-openconnect website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-openconnect on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.