How To Install NetworkManager-ovs on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-ovs on Rocky Linux 8.
What is NetworkManager-ovs
This package contains NetworkManager support for Open vSwitch bridges.
We can use yum or dnf to install NetworkManager-ovs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-ovs.
Install NetworkManager-ovs 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-ovs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-ovs
Install NetworkManager-ovs 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-ovs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-ovs
How To Uninstall NetworkManager-ovs on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the NetworkManager-ovs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-ovs
NetworkManager-ovs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/40c6d109746ad90267e0520d39c08e0882f692
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d/NetworkManager-ovs.conf
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-9.el8_4/libnm-device-plugin-ovs.so
/usr/share/man/man7/nm-openvswitch.7.gz
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/114cec57a46e439fcbb22eb7d6584ad3442523
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service.d/NetworkManager-ovs.conf
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-7.el8/libnm-device-plugin-ovs.so
/usr/share/man/man7/nm-openvswitch.7.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-ovs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
