How To Install nm-connection-editor on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install nm-connection-editor on Rocky Linux 8. nm-connection-editor is A network connection configuration editor for NetworkManager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nm-connection-editor on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `nm-connection-editor`

This package contains a network configuration editor and Bluetooth modem utility for use with NetworkManager.

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

Install nm-connection-editor 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 nm-connection-editor using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install nm-connection-editor

Install nm-connection-editor 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 nm-connection-editor using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install nm-connection-editor

How To Uninstall nm-connection-editor on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the nm-connection-editor package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove nm-connection-editor

nm-connection-editor Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/nm-connection-editor
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/97
/usr/lib/.build-id/97/55a1920ee78d7145e3d097b99e9f56d18064af
/usr/share/applications/nm-connection-editor.desktop
/usr/share/gnome-vpn-properties
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/nm-device-wired.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/nm-no-connection.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/nm-vpn-standalone-lock.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/nm-device-wired-secure.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/nm-device-wired.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/nm-device-wwan.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/nm-no-connection.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/nm-device-wired.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/nm-no-connection.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/nm-device-wireless.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nm-device-wired.svg
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/nm-no-connection.svg
/usr/share/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/an/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ar/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/as/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ast/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
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/usr/share/locale/be@latin/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bg/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bn_IN/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
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/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ms/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nb/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ne/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
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/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/rw/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
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/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
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/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_HK/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/nm-applet.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/nm-connection-editor.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/nm-connection-editor.appdata.xml

References

nm-connection-editor website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nm-connection-editor on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.