How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on CentOS 8

libvirt-daemon-driver-interface is Interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

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.