How To Install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 is Wifi plugin for NetworkManager

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64`

This package contains NetworkManager support for Wifi and OLPC devices.

We can use yum to install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64.

Install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64

How To Uninstall NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64

NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1/libnm-device-plugin-wifi.so

References

NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager-wifi.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.