How To Install wicked on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install wicked in Fedora 36. wicked is Network configuration infrastructure

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install wicked on Fedora 36.

What is wicked

Wicked is a network configuration infrastructure incorporating a number of existing frameworks into a unified architecture, providing a DBUS interface to network configuration.

We can use yum or dnf to install wicked on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install wicked.

Install wicked 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 wicked using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install wicked

Install wicked 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 wicked using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install wicked

How To Uninstall wicked on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the wicked package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove wicked

wicked Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/wicked
/etc/wicked/client.xml
/etc/wicked/common.xml
/etc/wicked/extensions
/etc/wicked/extensions/dispatch
/etc/wicked/extensions/firewall
/etc/wicked/extensions/hostname
/etc/wicked/extensions/ibft
/etc/wicked/extensions/netconfig
/etc/wicked/extensions/redfish-config
/etc/wicked/ifconfig
/etc/wicked/nanny.xml
/etc/wicked/scripts
/etc/wicked/scripts/redfish-update
/etc/wicked/server.xml
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/29
/usr/lib/.build-id/29/0315034fe2033fef687bb60e736c6760db400d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/3e/a8ccaf00ce17d05bd80d57ee7a490dbfe5cc09
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/2ee3932bb03bd07dbe71112b815c34b578014c
/usr/lib/.build-id/98
/usr/lib/.build-id/98/b289519a2a5f628f04328243f69f67a086fba0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/3db0455a69fd04c8a05aed2e1b536c82b7f43b
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4
/usr/lib/.build-id/b4/3d11657a83172aec45dea40d492f4631f05d0c
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wicked.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd-auto4.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd-dhcp4.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd-dhcp6.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd-nanny.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/systemd/system/wickedd.service
/usr/libexec/wicked
/usr/libexec/wicked/bin
/usr/libexec/wicked/bin/wickedd-auto4
/usr/libexec/wicked/bin/wickedd-dhcp4
/usr/libexec/wicked/bin/wickedd-dhcp6
/usr/sbin/wicked
/usr/sbin/wickedd
/usr/sbin/wickedd-nanny
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.Network.AUTO4.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.Network.DHCP4.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.Network.DHCP6.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.Network.Nanny.conf
/usr/share/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.Network.conf
/usr/share/doc/wicked
/usr/share/doc/wicked/ANNOUNCE
/usr/share/doc/wicked/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/wicked/README
/usr/share/doc/wicked/TODO
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/nanny
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/nanny/eth-all.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/nanny/umts.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/nanny/wlan-eap.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/nanny/wlan.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/README
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host1/ifcfg-bond0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host1/ifcfg-eth1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host1/ifcfg-eth2
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host1/ifcfg-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host2
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host2/ifcfg-br0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host2/ifcfg-eth0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host2/ifcfg-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host3
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host3/ifcfg-by-device
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host3/ifcfg-by-hwaddr
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host3/ifcfg-by-hwaddr-decoy
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host3/ifcfg-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host4
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host4/ifcfg-eth0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/redhat/host4/ifcfg-eth0:0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts/config
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts/config/dummy0.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts/config/ifcfg-dummy1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts/systemd
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/scripts/systemd/[email protected]
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host1/ifcfg-eth0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host1/ifcfg-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host1/routes
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host2
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host2/ifcfg-br0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host2/ifcfg-eth0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host2/ifcfg-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host2/ifroute-lo
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host3
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host3/ifcfg-bond0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host3/ifcfg-eth0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host3/ifcfg-eth1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host3/routes
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host4
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host4/ifcfg-wlan0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host5
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host5/ifcfg-bridge42
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host5/ifcfg-dummy0
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host5/ifcfg-dummy42
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host6
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/suse/host6/ifcfg-macvtap1
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/bridge-static-aliasref.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/bridge-static-mac.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/bridge-static.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/dummy0.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/eth0-dhcp.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/eth0-identify.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/gre1.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/ipip1.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/macvlan0.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/macvtap1.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/openvpn.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/policy.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/sit1.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/tap0.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/tun0.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/umts.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/vlan-dhcp.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/vlan-lldp.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/vlan-static.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/wlan0-dhcp.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/wlan0-multi.xml
/usr/share/doc/wicked/samples/wicked/wlan0-open.xml
/usr/share/licenses/wicked
/usr/share/licenses/wicked/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man5/wicked-config.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wicked-ethtool.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wicked-redfish.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wicked.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/wickedd.8.gz
/usr/share/wicked
/usr/share/wicked/schema
/usr/share/wicked/schema/addrconf.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/bonding.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/bridge.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/constants.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/dummy.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/ethernet.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/ethtool.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/firewall.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/gre.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/infiniband.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/interface.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/ipip.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/lldp.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/macvlan.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/ovs-bridge.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/ppp.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/protocol.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/scripts.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/sit.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/team.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/tuntap.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/types.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/vlan.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/vxlan.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/wicked.xml
/usr/share/wicked/schema/wireless.xml
/var/lib/wicked

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install wicked on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).