How To Install NetworkManager-ppp on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is NetworkManager-ppp

This package contains NetworkManager support for PPP.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-ppp

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

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-ppp

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-ppp on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-ppp

NetworkManager-ppp Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/fd8b3995643578a0f5c7040d6cf10722c8a060
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/5983f018096788593c7b1c07d953b9ade9c751
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-7.el8/libnm-ppp-plugin.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pppd-plugin.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/84
/usr/lib/.build-id/84/702a62a4ed36f07c674fff73433e7204b6dbfa
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/62dd4b42aa65d8a842f87256ee768aa193fc6c
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-9.el8_4/libnm-ppp-plugin.so
/usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.7/nm-pppd-plugin.so

References

• NetworkManager-ppp website

Summary

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