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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[0d7900a] | 7 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-http
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[eae0d6d1] | 8 | "&gnome-download-http;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[0d7900a] | 9 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-download-ftp
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[eae0d6d1] | 10 | "&gnome-download-ftp;/NetworkManager/&NetworkManager-minor;/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;.tar.xz">
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[6e1270b] | 11 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-md5sum "82d0943820df2d7cba9aed5a2d808cd0">
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[63a0217] | 12 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-size "5.0 MB">
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[44d67a6f] | 13 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-buildsize "260 MB (with tests)">
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| 14 | <!ENTITY NetworkManager-time "0.5 SBU (add 0.2 SBU for tests; both using parallelism=4)">
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[e33ddee] | 15 | ]>
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| 16 |
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| 17 | <sect1 id="NetworkManager" xreflabel="NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;">
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| 18 | <?dbhtml filename="networkmanager.html"?>
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| 19 |
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| 20 | <sect1info>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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[28370fe] | 22 | </sect1info>
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[e33ddee] | 23 |
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| 24 | <title>NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to NetworkManager</title>
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| 32 |
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[7ded7e3] | 33 | <para>
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| 34 | <application>NetworkManager</application> is a set of co-operative
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[e130fead] | 35 | tools that make networking simple and straightforward. Whether you use WiFi,
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[8df33ae3] | 36 | wired, 3G, or Bluetooth, NetworkManager allows you to quickly move from
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| 37 | one network to another: Once a network has been configured and joined
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| 38 | once, it can be detected and re-joined automatically the next time it's
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| 39 | available.
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[7ded7e3] | 40 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 41 |
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[2b21b49f] | 42 | &lfs101_checked;
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[e33ddee] | 43 |
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[cec6657e] | 44 | <note revision="systemd">
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Make sure that you disable the <command>systemd-networkd</command>
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| 47 | service or configure it not to manage the interfaces you want to manage
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| 48 | with <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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| 49 | </para>
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| 50 | </note>
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| 51 |
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[e33ddee] | 52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 53 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 54 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-http;"/>
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| 57 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&NetworkManager-download-ftp;"/>
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| 62 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Download MD5 sum: &NetworkManager-md5sum;
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| 67 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Download size: &NetworkManager-size;
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| 72 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 75 | <para>
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| 76 | Estimated disk space required: &NetworkManager-buildsize;
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| 77 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 78 | </listitem>
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| 79 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Estimated build time: &NetworkManager-time;
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| 82 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 83 | </listitem>
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| 84 | </itemizedlist>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">NetworkManager Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 89 | <para role="required">
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[7be78b9a] | 90 | <xref linkend="jansson"/> and
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[d267a13] | 91 | <xref linkend="libndp"/>
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[d497e89] | 92 | </para>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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| 95 | <para role="recommended">
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[c4ae27ab] | 96 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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[24627ba] | 97 | <!--<xref linkend="dhcpcd"/> or
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| 98 | DHCPCD support is known to be broken with dhcpcd-9 -->
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[cac7f93] | 99 | <xref role="nodep" linkend="dhcp"/> (client only),
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[4b3c4b2] | 100 | <xref linkend="gobject-introspection"/>,
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[b7d1d2b] | 101 | <xref linkend="iptables"/>,
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[696fed8] | 102 | <xref linkend="newt"/> (for <command>nmtui</command>),
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[d267a13] | 103 | <xref linkend="nss"/>,
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[6e1616e2] | 104 | <xref linkend="polkit"/>,
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[b528d0f4] | 105 | <xref linkend="pygobject3"/>,
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[51dfb3e] | 106 | <phrase revision="sysv"><xref linkend="elogind"/>,</phrase>
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[cec6657e] | 107 | <phrase revision="systemd"><xref linkend="systemd"/>,</phrase>
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[f3429309] | 108 | <xref linkend="upower"/>,
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[626bb04] | 109 | <xref linkend="vala"/>, and
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| 110 | <xref linkend="wpa_supplicant"/> (built with D-Bus support),
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[d497e89] | 111 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 112 |
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[d0880dfa] | 113 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[d497e89] | 114 | <para role="optional">
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[d4f4107] | 115 | <xref linkend="bluez"/>,
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[e64cabd] | 116 | <xref linkend="dbus-python"/> (for the test suite),
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[4a9054a8] | 117 | <!-- <xref linkend="firewalld"/> (For whenever firewalld is reintroduced) -->
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[d267a13] | 118 | <xref linkend="gnutls"/> (used if <xref linkend="nss"/> is not found),
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[d497e89] | 119 | <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
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[1ad3510e] | 120 | <xref linkend="libpsl"/>,
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[e4d2b8d] | 121 | <xref linkend="qt5"/> (for examples),
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[7d645679] | 122 | <xref linkend="ModemManager"/>,
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[acb3e9f] | 123 | <xref linkend="valgrind"/>,
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[f77c63d0] | 124 | <ulink url="http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/doc.html">dnsmasq</ulink>,
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[365c6fb] | 125 | <ulink url="https://firewalld.org/">firewalld</ulink>,
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[262a108] | 126 | <ulink url="https://github.com/Distrotech/libaudit">libaudit</ulink>,
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[4f5369a] | 127 | <ulink url="https://github.com/jpirko/libteam">libteam</ulink>,
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[01701da9] | 128 | <ulink url="&gnome-download-http;/mobile-broadband-provider-info/">mobile-broadband-provider-info</ulink>,
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[cec6657e] | 129 | <ulink url="https://www.samba.org/ftp/ppp/">PPP</ulink>, and
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[e130fead] | 130 | <ulink url="https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/">RP-PPPoE</ulink>
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[d497e89] | 131 | </para>
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[d0880dfa] | 132 |
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[e33ddee] | 133 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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[7ded7e3] | 134 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/NetworkManager"/>
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| 135 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 136 | </sect2>
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| 137 |
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[13b116c] | 138 | <sect2 role="kernel" id="NetworkManager-kernel">
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| 139 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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| 140 |
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| 141 | <para>
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| 142 | If you wish to run the tests, enable the following options in the
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| 143 | kernel configuration and recompile the kernel if necessary:
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| 144 | </para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <!-- Ethernet Teaming support is potentially optional, but I didn't
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| 147 | run the tests again to test that. It was needed to convince one of
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| 148 | the Linux Platform tests to move farther along because otherwise
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| 149 | RTNETLINK would respond with an Error 95 - unknown device type.
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| 150 | This would cause the test to fail early on in the process. -->
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <screen><literal>Device Drivers --->
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| 153 | [*] Network device support [CONFIG_NETDEVICES] --->
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| 154 | [*] Bonding driver support [CONFIG_BONDING]
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| 155 | [*] Dummy net driver support [CONFIG_DUMMY]
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| 156 | [*] Ethernet team driver support [CONFIG_NET_TEAM]</literal></screen>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-kernel">
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| 159 | <primary sortas="d-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 160 | </indexterm>
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| 161 | </sect2>
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| 162 |
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[e33ddee] | 163 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 164 | <title>Installation of NetworkManager</title>
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| 165 |
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[7c56ece] | 166 | <para>
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| 167 | If <xref linkend="qt5"/> is installed and the Qt based
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| 168 | examples are desired, fix two meson.build files:
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| 169 | </para>
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[e4d2b8d] | 170 |
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[e022b07] | 171 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's/-qt4/-qt5/' \
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[e4d2b8d] | 172 | -e 's/moc_location/host_bins/' \
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[6573fc3] | 173 | -i examples/C/qt/meson.build &&
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[40d141f] | 174 |
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[6573fc3] | 175 | sed -e 's/Qt/&5/' \
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| 176 | -i meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[d267a13] | 177 |
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| 178 | <para>
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| 179 | Fix a missing meson.build file for initrd hooks (not used in BLFS):
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| 180 | </para>
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| 181 |
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[4da49b9] | 182 | <screen><userinput>sed '/initrd/d' -i src/core/meson.build</userinput></screen>
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[e4d2b8d] | 183 |
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[fdbfe39] | 184 | <para>
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| 185 | Fix the python scripts so that they use <application>Python
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| 186 | 3</application>:
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| 187 | </para>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <screen><userinput>grep -rl '^#!.*python$' | xargs sed -i '1s/python/&3/'</userinput></screen>
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| 190 |
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[7ded7e3] | 191 | <para>
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[7c4f32b] | 192 | Install <application>NetworkManager</application> by running the
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| 193 | following commands:
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[7ded7e3] | 194 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 195 |
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[d267a13] | 196 | <screen revision="sysv"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[7d07abd] | 197 | cd build &&
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[d267a13] | 198 |
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| 199 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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[adf17153] | 200 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 201 | --buildtype=release \
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[d267a13] | 202 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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[39100371] | 203 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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| 204 | -Dnmtui=true \
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| 205 | -Dovs=false \
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| 206 | -Dppp=false \
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[d267a13] | 207 | -Dselinux=false \
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[51dfb3e] | 208 | -Dsession_tracking=elogind \
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[39100371] | 209 | -Dmodem_manager=false \
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[d267a13] | 210 | -Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no \
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| 211 | -Dsystemd_journal=false \
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| 212 | -Dqt=false \
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| 213 | .. &&
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| 214 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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| 215 |
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| 216 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>mkdir build &&
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[7d07abd] | 217 | cd build &&
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[d267a13] | 218 |
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| 219 | CXXFLAGS+="-O2 -fPIC" \
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[adf17153] | 220 | meson --prefix=/usr \
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| 221 | --buildtype=release \
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[d267a13] | 222 | -Dlibaudit=no \
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[39100371] | 223 | -Dlibpsl=false \
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| 224 | -Dnmtui=true \
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| 225 | -Dovs=false \
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| 226 | -Dppp=false \
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[d267a13] | 227 | -Dselinux=false \
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| 228 | -Dqt=false \
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| 229 | -Dsession_tracking=systemd \
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[39100371] | 230 | -Dmodem_manager=false \
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[d267a13] | 231 | .. &&
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| 232 | ninja</userinput></screen>
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[cec6657e] | 233 |
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[7ded7e3] | 234 | <para>
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[00581ba] | 235 | An already active graphical session
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| 236 | with a bus address is necessary to run the tests. To test the results,
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[13b116c] | 237 | as the root user, <!-- needs the "ip" command -->
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[44d67a6f] | 238 | issue: <command>ninja test</command>. Six tests,
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| 239 | <filename>platform/test-tc-linux</filename>,
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| 240 | <filename>platform/test-core</filename>,
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[e6e16c1] | 241 | <filename>test-l3cfg</filename>,
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[05a433b] | 242 | <filename>devices/test-acd</filename>,
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[e6e16c1] | 243 | <filename>platform/test-route-linux</filename>, and
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| 244 | <filename>platform/test-link-linux</filename>,
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| 245 | <!--<filename>platform/test-cleanup-linux</filename>,--> are known to fail.
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[7ded7e3] | 246 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 247 |
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[7ded7e3] | 248 | <para>
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| 249 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 250 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 251 |
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[d267a13] | 252 | <screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install &&
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| 253 | mv -v /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager{,-&NetworkManager-version;}</userinput></screen>
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[e33ddee] | 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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| 256 |
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| 257 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 258 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 259 |
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[e4d2b8d] | 260 | <para>
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| 261 | <envar>CXXFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"</envar>: These compiler options are
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| 262 | necessary to build the Qt5 based examples.
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| 263 | </para>
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| 264 |
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[adf17153] | 265 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 266 | href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
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| 267 |
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[e64cabd] | 268 | <para>
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[fdbfe39] | 269 | <option>-Ddocs=true</option>: Use this switch to enable building
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[39100371] | 270 | man pages and documentation if <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/> is installed.
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[e64cabd] | 271 | </para>
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| 272 |
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[7ded7e3] | 273 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 274 | <parameter>-Dnmtui=true</parameter>: This parameter enables building
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[acb3e9f] | 275 | <command>nmtui</command>.
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| 276 | </para>
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| 277 |
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[d267a13] | 278 | <para revision="sysv">
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[51dfb3e] | 279 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=no</parameter> and
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[d267a13] | 280 | <parameter>-Dsystemd_journal=false</parameter>: systemd is not
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| 281 | used for sysv init systems.
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| 282 | </para>
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| 283 |
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[39100371] | 284 | <para>
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[21d18f7e] | 285 | <!--<parameter>-Djson_validation=false</parameter>, no longer recognized -->
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| 286 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter> and
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[e130fead] | 287 | <parameter>-Dovs=false</parameter>: These switches disable building with the
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[39100371] | 288 | respective libraries. Remove if you have the needed libraries installed.
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| 289 | </para>
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[52c95143] | 290 |
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| 291 | <!--
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[39100371] | 292 | <para>
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[f759a25] | 293 | <parameter>-Dlibpsl=false</parameter>: This switch is required if
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| 294 | <application>libpsl</application> is not installed. Omit this switch if
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| 295 | you have built <application>libpsl</application>.
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| 296 | </para>
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[52c95143] | 297 | -->
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[f759a25] | 298 |
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| 299 | <para>
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[39100371] | 300 | <parameter>-Dmodem_manager=false</parameter>: This switch is requried if
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| 301 | <application>ModemManager</application> is not installed. Omit if you
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[a406810] | 302 | have built <application>ModemManager</application> and
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| 303 | <application>mobile-broadband-provider-info</application>.
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[39100371] | 304 | </para>
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| 305 |
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[51dfb3e] | 306 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 307 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=elogind</parameter>: This switch
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| 308 | is used to set <command>elogind</command> as the default
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| 309 | program for session tracking.
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| 310 | </para>
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| 311 |
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[cec6657e] | 312 | <para revision="systemd">
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[d267a13] | 313 | <parameter>-Dsession_tracking=systemd</parameter>: This switch
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[cec6657e] | 314 | is used to set <command>systemd-logind</command> as the default
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| 315 | program for session tracking.
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| 316 | </para>
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| 317 |
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| 318 | <para revision="systemd">
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[d267a13] | 319 | <parameter>-Dsystemdsystemunitdir=/lib/systemd/system</parameter>:
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[cec6657e] | 320 | This switch is used to set the correct installation directory for
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| 321 | systemd units.
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| 322 | </para>
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| 323 |
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[acb3e9f] | 324 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 325 | <parameter>-Dppp=false</parameter>: This parameter disables
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[6e1616e2] | 326 | <application>PPP</application> support in
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| 327 | <application>NetworkManager</application>.
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[7ded7e3] | 328 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 329 |
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[8c7390c] | 330 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 331 | <parameter>-Dlibaudit=no</parameter> and
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| 332 | <parameter>-Dselinux=false</parameter>: libaudit and SELinux are not used
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| 333 | in BLFS.
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[d6e164b] | 334 | </para>
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[e33ddee] | 335 |
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[b528d0f4] | 336 | <para>
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[d267a13] | 337 | <parameter>-Dqt=false</parameter>: disables the
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| 338 | <application>QT</application> examples. Omit if you have
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| 339 | <application>QT</application> available and wish to install the examples.
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[b528d0f4] | 340 | </para>
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| 341 |
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[e33ddee] | 342 | </sect2>
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| 343 |
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[d497e89] | 344 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 345 | <title>Configuring NetworkManager</title>
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| 346 |
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| 347 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-config">
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| 348 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 349 | <para>
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| 350 | <filename>/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</filename>
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| 351 | </para>
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| 352 |
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| 353 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-config">
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| 354 | <primary
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| 355 | sortas="e-etc-NetworkManager-NetworkManager.conf">
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| 356 | /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf</primary>
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| 357 | </indexterm>
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| 358 |
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| 359 | </sect3>
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| 360 |
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| 361 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 362 |
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| 363 | <para>
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| 364 | For <application>NetworkManager</application> to work, at least
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[21d18f7e] | 365 | a minimal configuration file must be present. Such a file is not
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[8df33ae3] | 366 | installed with <command>make install</command>. Issue the following
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| 367 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to
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[21d18f7e] | 368 | create a minimal <filename>NetworkManager.conf</filename> file:
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[d497e89] | 369 | </para>
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| 370 |
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| 371 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat >> /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf << "EOF"
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| 372 | <literal>[main]
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| 373 | plugins=keyfile</literal>
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| 374 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 375 |
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| 376 | <para>
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[7fd06b0] | 377 | This file should not be modified directly by users of the system.
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| 378 | Instead, system specific changes should be made using configuration
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| 379 | files in the
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| 380 | <filename class="directory">/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d</filename>
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[21d18f7e] | 381 | directory.
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[7fd06b0] | 382 | </para>
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| 383 |
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| 384 | <para>
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| 385 | To allow polkit to manage authorizations, add the following
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| 386 | configuration file:
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| 387 | </para>
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| 388 |
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| 389 | <screen role="root"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/polkit.conf << "EOF"
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| 390 | <literal>[main]
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| 391 | auth-polkit=true</literal>
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| 392 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 393 |
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| 394 | <para>
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| 395 | To use something other than the built-in dhcp client (recommended if
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| 396 | using only <command>nmcli</command>), use the following configuration
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[24627ba] | 397 | (valid values include either dhclient <!--dhcpcd --> or internal):
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[7fd06b0] | 398 | </para>
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| 399 |
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| 400 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/dhcp.conf << "EOF"
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| 401 | <literal>[main]
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| 402 | dhcp=</literal><replaceable>dhclient</replaceable>
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| 403 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 404 |
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| 405 | <para>
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| 406 | To prevent <application>NetworkManager</application> from updating the
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| 407 | <filename>/etc/resolv.conf</filename> file, add the following
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| 408 | configuration file:
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| 409 | </para>
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| 410 |
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| 411 | <screen role="nodump"><userinput>cat > /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/no-dns-update.conf << "EOF"
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| 412 | <literal>[main]
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| 413 | dns=none</literal>
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| 414 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 415 |
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| 416 | <para>
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| 417 | For additional configuation options, see
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| 418 | <command>man 5 NetworkManager.conf</command>.
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[0d7900a] | 419 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 420 |
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[8df33ae3] | 421 | <para>
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[21d18f7e] | 422 | To allow regular users to configure network connections,
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[8df33ae3] | 423 | you should add them to the
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| 424 | <systemitem class="groupname">netdev</systemitem>
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| 425 | group, and create a <application>polkit</application> rule that grants
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| 426 | access. Run the following commands as the
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| 427 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 428 | </para>
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| 429 |
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[a581662] | 430 | <screen role="root"><userinput>groupadd -fg 86 netdev &&
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[b88584a] | 431 | /usr/sbin/usermod -a -G netdev <replaceable><username></replaceable>
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[8df33ae3] | 432 |
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| 433 | cat > /usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.rules << "EOF"
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| 434 | <literal>polkit.addRule(function(action, subject) {
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| 435 | if (action.id.indexOf("org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.") == 0 && subject.isInGroup("netdev")) {
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| 436 | return polkit.Result.YES;
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| 437 | }
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| 438 | });</literal>
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| 439 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 440 |
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[d497e89] | 441 | </sect3>
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| 442 |
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| 443 | <sect3 id="NetworkManager-init">
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[cec6657e] | 444 | <title><phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase>
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| 445 | <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase></title>
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| 446 |
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| 447 | <para revision="sysv">
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| 448 | To automatically start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon
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| 449 | when the system is rebooted, install the
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| 450 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/networkmanager</filename>bootscript from the
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| 451 | <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.
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| 452 | </para>
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[d497e89] | 453 |
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[cec6657e] | 454 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 455 | To start the <command>NetworkManager</command> daemon at boot, enable
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| 456 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
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| 457 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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[d497e89] | 458 | </para>
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| 459 |
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[8df33ae3] | 460 | <note>
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| 461 | <para>
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| 462 | If using <application>Network Manager</application> to manage
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| 463 | an interface, any previous configuration for that interface should be
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| 464 | removed, and the interface brought down prior to starting
|
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| 465 | <application>Network Manager</application>.
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| 466 | </para>
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| 467 | </note>
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| 468 |
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[d497e89] | 469 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-init">
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| 470 | <primary sortas="f-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
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| 471 | </indexterm>
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| 472 |
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[cec6657e] | 473 | <screen role="root" revision="sysv"><userinput>make install-networkmanager</userinput></screen>
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| 474 |
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| 475 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager</userinput></screen>
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[e2a1442] | 476 | <!-- The below instruction is obsolete. NetworkManager-wait-online is now
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| 477 | enabled by default when enabling NetworkManager. -->
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| 478 | <!--
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[cec6657e] | 479 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 480 | <application>NetworkManager</application> also ships a systemd unit
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| 481 | called <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename> which
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| 482 | can be used to prevent services that require network connectivity
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| 483 | from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application> has
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| 484 | established the connection. To enable it, run the following command
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| 485 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 486 | </para>
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| 487 |
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| 488 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl enable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
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[e2a1442] | 489 | -->
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| 490 | <!-- As such, let's now provide instructions on how to disable that
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| 491 | behavior, for those who wish to do so. -->
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| 492 | <para revision="systemd">
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| 493 | Starting in version 1.11.2 of <application>NetworkManager</application>,
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| 494 | a systemd unit named <filename>NetworkManager-wait-online.service</filename>
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| 495 | is enabled, which is used to prevent services that require network
|
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| 496 | connectivity from starting until <application>NetworkManager</application>
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| 497 | establishes a connection. To disable this behavior, run the following
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| 498 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 499 | </para>
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| 500 |
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| 501 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online</userinput></screen>
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[2cd1071] | 502 |
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[d497e89] | 503 | </sect3>
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| 504 |
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| 505 | </sect2>
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| 506 |
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[e33ddee] | 507 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 508 | <title>Contents</title>
|
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| 509 |
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| 510 | <segmentedlist>
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| 511 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 512 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
|
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| 513 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 514 |
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| 515 | <seglistitem>
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[d497e89] | 516 | <seg>
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[8c7390c] | 517 | NetworkManager, nmcli, nm-online, nmtui, and, symlinked to nmtui:
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| 518 | nmtui-connect, nmtui-edit, and nmtui-hostname
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[d497e89] | 519 | </seg>
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| 520 | <seg>
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[b9f17a8] | 521 | libnm.so
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[52c95143] | 522 | and several modules under /usr/lib/NetworkManager
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[d497e89] | 523 | </seg>
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| 524 | <seg>
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[5aa7dce] | 525 | /etc/NetworkManager,
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[05a433b] | 526 | /usr/include/libnm,
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[5aa7dce] | 527 | /usr/lib/NetworkManager,
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| 528 | /usr/share/doc/NetworkManager-&NetworkManager-version;,
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[b9f17a8] | 529 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/{libnm,NetworkManager}
|
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| 530 | (if the documentation is built),
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[5aa7dce] | 531 | and
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[262a108] | 532 | /var/lib/NetworkManager
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[d497e89] | 533 | </seg>
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[52c95143] | 534 | <!-- A lot of libraries were removed here. We should verify compatibilty.
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| 535 | RESTORED AT 1.18.2 -renodr -->
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[e33ddee] | 536 | </seglistitem>
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| 537 | </segmentedlist>
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| 538 |
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| 539 | <variablelist>
|
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| 540 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
|
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| 541 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
|
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| 542 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
|
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| 543 |
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[d497e89] | 544 | <varlistentry id="nmcli">
|
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| 545 | <term><command>nmcli</command></term>
|
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[e33ddee] | 546 | <listitem>
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[7ded7e3] | 547 | <para>
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| 548 | is a command-line tool for controlling
|
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[0d7900a] | 549 | <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 550 | and getting its status
|
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[7ded7e3] | 551 | </para>
|
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[d497e89] | 552 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmcli">
|
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| 553 | <primary sortas="b-nmcli">nmcli</primary>
|
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[e33ddee] | 554 | </indexterm>
|
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| 555 | </listitem>
|
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| 556 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 557 |
|
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| 558 | <varlistentry id="nm-online">
|
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| 559 | <term><command>nm-online</command></term>
|
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| 560 | <listitem>
|
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[7ded7e3] | 561 | <para>
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 562 | is an utility to determine whether you are online
|
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[7ded7e3] | 563 | </para>
|
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[e33ddee] | 564 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nm-online">
|
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| 565 | <primary sortas="b-nm-online">nm-online</primary>
|
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| 566 | </indexterm>
|
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| 567 | </listitem>
|
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| 568 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 569 |
|
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[acb3e9f] | 570 | <varlistentry id="nmtui">
|
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| 571 | <term><command>nmtui</command></term>
|
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| 572 | <listitem>
|
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| 573 | <para>
|
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[21d18f7e] | 574 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface for
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 575 | <application>nmcli</application>
|
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[acb3e9f] | 576 | </para>
|
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| 577 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui">
|
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| 578 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui">nmtui</primary>
|
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| 579 | </indexterm>
|
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| 580 | </listitem>
|
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| 581 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 582 |
|
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| 583 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-connect">
|
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| 584 | <term><command>nmtui-connect</command></term>
|
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| 585 | <listitem>
|
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| 586 | <para>
|
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[21d18f7e] | 587 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 588 | activate/deactivate connections
|
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[acb3e9f] | 589 | </para>
|
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| 590 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-connect">
|
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| 591 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-connect">nmtui-connect</primary>
|
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| 592 | </indexterm>
|
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| 593 | </listitem>
|
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| 594 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 595 |
|
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| 596 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-edit">
|
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| 597 | <term><command>nmtui-edit</command></term>
|
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| 598 | <listitem>
|
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| 599 | <para>
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 600 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit connections
|
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[acb3e9f] | 601 | </para>
|
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| 602 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-edit">
|
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| 603 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-edit">nmtui-edit</primary>
|
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| 604 | </indexterm>
|
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| 605 | </listitem>
|
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| 606 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 607 |
|
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| 608 | <varlistentry id="nmtui-hostname">
|
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| 609 | <term><command>nmtui-hostname</command></term>
|
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[e33ddee] | 610 | <listitem>
|
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[7ded7e3] | 611 | <para>
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 612 | is an interactive ncurses-based user interface to edit the hostname
|
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[7ded7e3] | 613 | </para>
|
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[acb3e9f] | 614 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager nmtui-hostname">
|
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| 615 | <primary sortas="b-nmtui-hostname">nmtui-hostname</primary>
|
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[e33ddee] | 616 | </indexterm>
|
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| 617 | </listitem>
|
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| 618 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 619 |
|
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[d497e89] | 620 | <varlistentry id="NetworkManager-prog">
|
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| 621 | <term><command>NetworkManager</command></term>
|
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[e33ddee] | 622 | <listitem>
|
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[7ded7e3] | 623 | <para>
|
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[4c24eb0a] | 624 | is the network management daemon
|
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[7ded7e3] | 625 | </para>
|
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[d497e89] | 626 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager NetworkManager-prog">
|
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[7ded7e3] | 627 | <primary sortas="b-NetworkManager">NetworkManager</primary>
|
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[e33ddee] | 628 | </indexterm>
|
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| 629 | </listitem>
|
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| 630 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 631 |
|
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[262a108] | 632 | <varlistentry id="libnm">
|
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| 633 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libnm.so</filename></term>
|
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[e33ddee] | 634 | <listitem>
|
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[7ded7e3] | 635 | <para>
|
---|
[4c24eb0a] | 636 | contains functions used by <application>NetworkManager</application>
|
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[7ded7e3] | 637 | </para>
|
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[262a108] | 638 | <indexterm zone="NetworkManager libnm">
|
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| 639 | <primary sortas="c-libnm">libnm.so</primary>
|
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[e33ddee] | 640 | </indexterm>
|
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| 641 | </listitem>
|
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| 642 | </varlistentry>
|
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| 643 | </variablelist>
|
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| 644 |
|
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| 645 | </sect2>
|
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| 646 |
|
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| 647 | </sect1>
|
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