How To Install tlp-rdw on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp-rdw on Rocky Linux 8. tlp-rdw is Radio Device Wizard for TLP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tlp-rdw on Rocky Linux 8.

What is tlp-rdw

Radio device wizard is an add-on to TLP. It provides event based switching of - Bluetooth, WiFi, WWAN radio devices - upon network connect/disconnect - and dock/undock

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

Install tlp-rdw 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 tlp-rdw using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tlp-rdw

Install tlp-rdw 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 tlp-rdw using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install tlp-rdw

How To Uninstall tlp-rdw on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the tlp-rdw package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove tlp-rdw

tlp-rdw Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/99tlp-rdw-nm
/usr/bin/tlp-rdw
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/85-tlp-rdw.rules
/usr/lib/udev/tlp-rdw-udev
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/tlp-rdw
/usr/share/doc/tlp-rdw
/usr/share/doc/tlp-rdw/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/tlp-rdw/README.md
/usr/share/doc/tlp-rdw/changelog
/usr/share/man/man8/tlp-rdw.8.gz

References

Summary

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