How To Install qemu-kvm-block-curl on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on Rocky Linux 8. qemu-kvm-block-curl is QEMU CURL block driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on Rocky Linux 8.

What is qemu-kvm-block-curl

This package provides the additional CURL block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote disks over http, https, ftp and other transports provided by the CURL library.

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

Install qemu-kvm-block-curl 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 qemu-kvm-block-curl using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl

Install qemu-kvm-block-curl 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 qemu-kvm-block-curl using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-curl

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-curl on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-curl package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-curl

qemu-kvm-block-curl Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/07
/usr/lib/.build-id/07/22cd75a78060ad40237943cc56dd36d3e2e0ef
/usr/lib64/qemu-kvm/block-curl.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-curl on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.