How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-network on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-network on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-network
The network driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the virtual network APIs using the Linux bridge capabilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-network on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-network.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-network 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-network using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-network
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-network 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-network using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-network
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-network on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-network package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-network
libvirt-daemon-driver-network Package Contents on CentOS 8
/etc/libvirt/qemu
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks
/etc/libvirt/qemu/networks/autostart
/etc/libvirt/virtnetworkd.conf
/run/libvirt/network
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a
/usr/lib/.build-id/8a/cff69406d764664a9da82ec66698f3017fa7ba
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/46d1766776c0ce1e675d7c22be47a78a1efc97
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/a5929c5ebd19631fa1a110fdb5d16f764fe5b1
/usr/lib/firewalld/zones/libvirt.xml
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnetworkd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnetworkd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnetworkd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnetworkd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_network.so
/usr/libexec/libvirt_leaseshelper
/usr/sbin/virtnetworkd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtnetworkd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtnetworkd.aug
/var/lib/libvirt/dnsmasq
/var/lib/libvirt/network
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-network on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.