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

libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev is Nodedev driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev on CentOS 8.

What is libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev

The nodedev driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the node device APIs using the udev capabilities.

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 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-nodedev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 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-nodedev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev

libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/libvirt/virtnodedevd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/b9aed4d489c5407e7e957fccf657d08a12e686
/usr/lib/.build-id/da
/usr/lib/.build-id/da/c065f548e7237b97856114028e7f1a43b5fdb0
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnodedevd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnodedevd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnodedevd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtnodedevd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_nodedev.so
/usr/sbin/virtnodedevd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtnodedevd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtnodedevd.aug

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.