How To Install NetworkManager-openvpn on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

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

What is `NetworkManager-openvpn`

This package contains software for integrating VPN capabilities with the OpenVPN server with NetworkManager.

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

Install NetworkManager-openvpn 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-openvpn using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-openvpn

Install NetworkManager-openvpn 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-openvpn using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-openvpn

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-openvpn on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-openvpn

NetworkManager-openvpn Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-openvpn-service.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/4a3855eb3d2cf55319e7ed856ed309aef956f0
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e
/usr/lib/.build-id/4e/f6d6d9753471f7faa44f1cc0155becbbc49919
/usr/lib/.build-id/70
/usr/lib/.build-id/70/c8d14733d6dd8e6f293f93f3c0712516d8c257
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN/nm-openvpn-service.name
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/libnm-vpn-plugin-openvpn.so
/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-service
/usr/libexec/nm-openvpn-service-openvpn-helper
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openvpn
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openvpn/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openvpn/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-openvpn/README
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-openvpn
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-openvpn/COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/be/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ca@valencia/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/dz/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/et/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/fa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/he/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/mk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ps/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/th/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/ug/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/NetworkManager-openvpn.mo

References

NetworkManager-openvpn website

Summary

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