How To Install NetworkManager on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager
on Fedora 36.
What is NetworkManager
NetworkManager is a system service that manages network interfaces and connections based on user or automatic configuration. It supports Ethernet, Bridge, Bond, VLAN, Team, InfiniBand, Wi-Fi, mobile broadband (WWAN), PPPoE and other devices, and supports a variety of different VPN services.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install NetworkManager
on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager.
Install NetworkManager on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install NetworkManager
Install NetworkManager on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install NetworkManager
How To Uninstall NetworkManager on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the NetworkManager
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove NetworkManager
NetworkManager Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
/etc/NetworkManager/VPN
/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/no-wait.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-down.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq-shared.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
/usr/bin/nm-online
/usr/bin/nmcli
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/7ae3b05af43a02221f2355b7a884d8dfa708d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/9848ca94f3d16d815bad6937411fc20c639588
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/cb0237097c1c12ac0cdcae8d554bb5754d6462
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/d625485302adf27371d899f6ac099c5697e518
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/34ad8432d16c4e54d034f2c38a66e808dd0afa
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8
/usr/lib/.build-id/a8/d8dfe5cc1b48a911d856116de7d27494f9b33b
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/8e08d2ab06b1120afa717ec162f35a1b4ee0d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/de
/usr/lib/.build-id/de/789fa4d89e78301fc191299c756d29c2df9fdc
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/no-wait.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-down.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections
/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/nm-shared.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nm-priv-helper.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/84-nm-drivers.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/85-nm-unmanaged.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-nm-thunderbolt.rules
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.38.0-1.fc36
/usr/libexec/nm-daemon-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-dispatcher
/usr/libexec/nm-initrd-generator
/usr/libexec/nm-priv-helper
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/nmcli
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_priv_helper.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/nm-dispatcher.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/nm-priv-helper.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/README.md
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples/server.conf
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING.GFDL
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/man/man1/nm-online.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nmcli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/NetworkManager.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-dbus.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-keyfile.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-nmcli.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-system-settings.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/nmcli-examples.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/NetworkManager-dispatcher.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/NetworkManager-wait-online.service.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/NetworkManager.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nm-initrd-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy
/var/lib/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
/etc/NetworkManager/VPN
/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/no-wait.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-down.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq-shared.d
/etc/NetworkManager/dnsmasq.d
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections
/usr/bin/nm-online
/usr/bin/nmcli
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/b9ddc88b80166245292379e07edcb8d6cba71b
/usr/lib/.build-id/42
/usr/lib/.build-id/42/5a7ae4e2c1688e383d34daaec83f205ac0291b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/51b59e6e3b89eb2ad22f8802f93950c2fb2de8
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/b295ade795e44b9275c5cfc1efa327b12f9077
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/3b157b610585ff06992656612abaf2ef0558ea
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/d85be4ab4e88bcc09f3753971f2010b6ec5445
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c0/14dccda14a869920387e14b8b2d6f046cf3b87
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3
/usr/lib/.build-id/f3/1d87299f10dee44e422c73a58d0e7645ae55de
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/no-wait.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-down.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-up.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/system-connections
/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/nm-shared.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/nm-priv-helper.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/84-nm-drivers.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/85-nm-unmanaged.rules
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-nm-thunderbolt.rules
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.36.4-1.fc36
/usr/libexec/nm-daemon-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-dispatcher
/usr/libexec/nm-initrd-generator
/usr/libexec/nm-priv-helper
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/nmcli
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_priv_helper.service
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/nm-dispatcher.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/nm-priv-helper.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/CONTRIBUTING.md
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/README
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/TODO
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples/server.conf
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING.GFDL
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager/COPYING.LGPL
/usr/share/man/man1/nm-online.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/nmcli.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/NetworkManager.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-dbus.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-ifcfg-rh.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-keyfile.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-nmcli.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-system-settings.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/nmcli-examples.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/NetworkManager-dispatcher.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/NetworkManager.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/nm-initrd-generator.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.policy
/var/lib/NetworkManager
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager
on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).