How To Install NetworkManager-wifi on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

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

What is NetworkManager-wifi

This package contains NetworkManager support for Wifi and OLPC devices.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager-wifi

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

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-wifi

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-wifi on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove NetworkManager-wifi

NetworkManager-wifi Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/67edb44bf048d9bf8e267c5694615089716eeb
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-9.el8_4/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/1d781a554a1b885bb999ab356a458e2c1a87fa
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.30.0-7.el8/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so

References

• NetworkManager-wifi website

Summary

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