How To Install libvirt-gconfig on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-gconfig on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-gconfig is libvirt object APIs for processing object configuration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-gconfig on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libvirt-gconfig

This package provides APIs for processing the object configuration data

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

Install libvirt-gconfig 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 libvirt-gconfig using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-gconfig

Install libvirt-gconfig 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 libvirt-gconfig using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-gconfig

How To Uninstall libvirt-gconfig on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-gconfig package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-gconfig

libvirt-gconfig Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/7c66a0953bfd23f8f0c4f53711fe17604d7a48
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/LibvirtGConfig-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libvirt-gconfig-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvirt-gconfig-1.0.so.0.3000.0

References

Summary

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