How To Install libvirt-gobject on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-gobject on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-gobject is libvirt object APIs for managing virtualization hosts

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-gobject

This package provides APIs for managing virtualization host objects

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-gobject

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

sudo yum -y install libvirt-gobject

How To Uninstall libvirt-gobject on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-gobject

libvirt-gobject Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/c0be2c4814521d804be7ab2263546535ca1897
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/LibvirtGObject-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libvirt-gobject-1.0.so.0
/usr/lib64/libvirt-gobject-1.0.so.0.3000.0

References

Summary

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