How To Install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7.

What is yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher

This NetworkManager “dispatch script” forces yum to check its cache if/when a new network connection happens in NetworkManager. Note that currently there is no checking of previous data, so if your WiFi keeps going up and down (or you suspend/resume a lot) yum will recheck its cached data a lot.

We can use yum or dnf to install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher.

Install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher

Install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher

How To Uninstall yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher

References

• yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yum-NetworkManager-dispatcher on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.