How To Install virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. virt-v2v.x86_64 is Convert a virtual machine to run on KVM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `virt-v2v.x86_64`

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 to install virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-v2v.x86_64.

Install virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install virt-v2v.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-v2v.x86_64

How To Uninstall virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the virt-v2v.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove virt-v2v.x86_64

virt-v2v.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/bin/virt-v2v
/usr/bin/virt-v2v-copy-to-local
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v-1.36.10
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v-1.36.10/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v-1.36.10/README
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v-1.36.10/TODO
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.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

virt-v2v.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.