How To Install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8. virt-v2v is Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8.

What is virt-v2v

Virt-v2v converts virtual machines from non-KVM hypervisors to run under KVM. To convert physical machines, see the virt-p2v-maker package.

We can use yum or dnf to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-v2v.

Install virt-v2v 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 virt-v2v using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virt-v2v

Install virt-v2v 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 virt-v2v using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-v2v

How To Uninstall virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the virt-v2v package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virt-v2v

virt-v2v Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/virt-v2v
/usr/bin/virt-v2v-copy-to-local
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/609defc3f03e6fb9b2ed7f592bf03cd85af97d
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/08a1bd6ae8c6ed66b99d8e31e82534f265eb36
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/README
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-vmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-xen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-openstack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-rhv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-support.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-tools
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhev-apt.exe
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhsrvany.exe

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.