How To Install NetworkManager.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install NetworkManager.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. NetworkManager.x86_64 is Network connection manager and user applications

Introduction

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

What is NetworkManager.x86_64

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 to install NetworkManager.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.x86_64.

Install NetworkManager.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.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install NetworkManager.x86_64

How To Uninstall NetworkManager.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

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

sudo yum remove NetworkManager.x86_64

NetworkManager.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/NetworkManager
/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
/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
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-dispatcher.conf
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/nm-ifcfg-rh.conf
/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
/usr/bin/nm-online
/usr/bin/nmcli
/usr/lib/NetworkManager
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/VPN
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d
/usr/lib/NetworkManager/conf.d/10-slaves-order.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-dispatcher.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager-wait-online.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/NetworkManager.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/1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1/libnm-settings-plugin-ibft.so
/usr/lib64/NetworkManager/1.18.8-1.amzn2.0.1/libnm-settings-plugin-ifcfg-rh.so
/usr/libexec/nm-dhcp-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-dispatcher
/usr/libexec/nm-iface-helper
/usr/libexec/nm-ifdown
/usr/libexec/nm-ifup
/usr/sbin/NetworkManager
/usr/sbin/ifdown
/usr/sbin/ifup
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/nmcli
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher.service
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8/CONTRIBUTING
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8/README
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-1.18.8/TODO
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples
/usr/share/doc/NetworkManager/examples/server.conf
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-1.18.8
/usr/share/licenses/NetworkManager-1.18.8/COPYING
/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-ifcfg-rh.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/nm-settings-keyfile.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.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.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.