How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
The interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the network interface APIs using the netcf library
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-interface package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
libvirt-daemon-driver-interface Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/libvirt/virtinterfaced.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a
/usr/lib/.build-id/6a/49cbb8d6e5ce835ca6d469a4993273a48d00a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/ed991bef1a9b843edd4e61eb5b79149451d73d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_interface.so
/usr/sbin/virtinterfaced
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtinterfaced.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtinterfaced.aug
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.