How To Install fence-virtd-multicast on CentOS 8

fence-virtd-multicast is Multicast listener for fence-virtd

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virtd-multicast on CentOS 8.

What is fence-virtd-multicast

Provides multicast listener capability for fence-virtd.

We can use yum or dnf to install fence-virtd-multicast on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fence-virtd-multicast.

Install fence-virtd-multicast 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 fence-virtd-multicast using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install fence-virtd-multicast

Install fence-virtd-multicast 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 fence-virtd-multicast using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install fence-virtd-multicast

How To Uninstall fence-virtd-multicast on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the fence-virtd-multicast package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove fence-virtd-multicast

fence-virtd-multicast Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc
/usr/lib/.build-id/bc/4983f561a2c5d7ed48a1f462016897f270813d
/usr/lib64/fence-virt/multicast.so

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fence-virtd-multicast on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.