How To Install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8. libguestfs-tools-c is System administration tools for virtual machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libguestfs-tools-c`

This package contains miscellaneous system administrator command line tools for virtual machines. Note that you should install libguestfs-tools (which pulls in this package). This package is only used directly when you want to avoid dependencies on Perl.

We can use yum or dnf to install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguestfs-tools-c.

Install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libguestfs-tools-c using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-tools-c

Install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libguestfs-tools-c using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguestfs-tools-c

How To Uninstall libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libguestfs-tools-c package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libguestfs-tools-c

libguestfs-tools-c Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
/etc/profile.d/guestfish.sh
/etc/virt-builder
/etc/xdg/virt-builder
/etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d
/etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.conf
/etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/libguestfs.gpg
/etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/opensuse.conf
/etc/xdg/virt-builder/repos.d/opensuse.gpg
/usr/bin/guestfish
/usr/bin/guestmount
/usr/bin/guestunmount
/usr/bin/virt-alignment-scan
/usr/bin/virt-builder
/usr/bin/virt-builder-repository
/usr/bin/virt-cat
/usr/bin/virt-copy-in
/usr/bin/virt-copy-out
/usr/bin/virt-customize
/usr/bin/virt-df
/usr/bin/virt-diff
/usr/bin/virt-edit
/usr/bin/virt-filesystems
/usr/bin/virt-format
/usr/bin/virt-get-kernel
/usr/bin/virt-index-validate
/usr/bin/virt-inspector
/usr/bin/virt-log
/usr/bin/virt-ls
/usr/bin/virt-make-fs
/usr/bin/virt-rescue
/usr/bin/virt-resize
/usr/bin/virt-sparsify
/usr/bin/virt-sysprep
/usr/bin/virt-tail
/usr/bin/virt-tar-in
/usr/bin/virt-tar-out
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/0f5656d12db7ebb9fa49f3077c3d2b750af434
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/eab94aa81b788d28b82c9bb9cec391975e6f68
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/95f59e5f63ea5e07757fcc3ad95a8a6f60df79
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/6a7f13081e9224ea2e8df4165d5ceec8789883
/usr/lib/.build-id/60
/usr/lib/.build-id/60/126ed5d7f01ae268c42e9a31916676605829ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/61
/usr/lib/.build-id/61/6033bdec796e7273739eae72f2a66b06c57d87
/usr/lib/.build-id/66
/usr/lib/.build-id/66/ffdb942f6ed8214871614cfe0ff495323277ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/68
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/56b283ec3e95bb4037dda26506a157c0e49981
/usr/lib/.build-id/68/db4d3dcc5cf3add5da29a5b8cae9911c42d6f9
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/0e5e0aa4a7c259f20c119f7ad8f947f86cdf3e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/79cf0225954d8ae16522f0f310d5295d7cada5
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/7359ced70bdbbbc11548eac19a98ffa894bd4c
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/d364ebcbf7a307f6232432f1750c3f80c7dc07
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/20b565b3805fadf151e55e56b9b57d722c1604
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/6e8bf7f0bdb5a97d12d2c010b0a45284915679
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/f3ba557dee231c7e7133b9a6216810668b7665
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0
/usr/lib/.build-id/b0/3e5770c8f7f7c50d79233ee5f99ddeffe21ab0
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/1a97c43348581aa33f3c72e631b4df5fd6dbc6
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/485dad44e909d619e128cdfa8c16305d4d891a
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/d3/22190c4331b9934fd5775f120d5af53d44d8c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4
/usr/lib/.build-id/d4/a67d92cc701e118319a9c6f6abe8fb30792fae
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/a0d075f0dceef466f483375f4b0804aa4464c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/36ee7161506070b3990e6a8b6be90b5adc05c2
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/33ee54ac7f65ac050a9c523caabc4fb3cc6443
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-tools-c
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-tools-c/README
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestunmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-alignment-scan.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-builder-repository.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-builder.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-cat.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-customize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-df.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-diff.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-edit.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-filesystems.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-format.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-get-kernel.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-index-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-inspector.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-log.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-ls.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-make-fs.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-rescue.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-resize.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-sparsify.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-sysprep.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tail.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libguestfs-tools.conf.5.gz

References

libguestfs-tools-c website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-tools-c on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.