How To Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8.
What is edk2-ovmf
OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.
We can use yum or dnf to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install edk2-ovmf.
Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install edk2-ovmf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install edk2-ovmf
Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install edk2-ovmf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install edk2-ovmf
How To Uninstall edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the edk2-ovmf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove edk2-ovmf
edk2-ovmf Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/share/OVMF
/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.fd
/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
/usr/share/OVMF/UefiShell.iso
/usr/share/doc/edk2-ovmf
/usr/share/doc/edk2-ovmf/README
/usr/share/doc/edk2-ovmf/ovmf-whitepaper-c770f8c.txt
/usr/share/edk2
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/EnrollDefaultKeys.efi
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/Shell.efi
/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/UefiShell.iso
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-ovmf
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-ovmf/LICENSE.openssl
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-ovmf/License-History.txt
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-ovmf/License.OvmfPkg.txt
/usr/share/licenses/edk2-ovmf/License.txt
/usr/share/qemu
/usr/share/qemu/firmware
/usr/share/qemu/firmware/40-edk2-ovmf-sb.json
/usr/share/qemu/firmware/50-edk2-ovmf.json
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.