apt-get, dnf or yum can be used to install the NetworkManager package which includes nmcli.

dnf install NetworkManager

And then start and enable NetworkManager.

systemctl start NetworkManager
systemctl enable NetworkManager

The nmcli general command should display the status of your network interface.

~]# nmcli general
STATE      CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
connected  full          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled 

Often, this will produce the same exact output as the nmcli general status command.

~]# nmcli general status
STATE      CONNECTIVITY  WIFI-HW  WIFI     WWAN-HW  WWAN    
connected  full          enabled  enabled  enabled  enabled