How To Install libguestfs-winsupport on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-winsupport on Rocky Linux 8. libguestfs-winsupport is Add support for Windows guests to virt-v2v and virt-p2v

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-winsupport

This optional package adds support for Windows guests (NTFS) to the virt-v2v and virt-p2v programs. This package also supports system compression (“Compact OS”) using the plugin from https

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

Install libguestfs-winsupport 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-winsupport using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-winsupport

Install libguestfs-winsupport 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-winsupport using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguestfs-winsupport

How To Uninstall libguestfs-winsupport on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libguestfs-winsupport

libguestfs-winsupport Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/zz-winsupport.tar.gz
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs-winsupport/README

References

Summary

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