How To Install virt-p2v-maker on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-p2v-maker on CentOS 8.
What is virt-p2v-maker
Virt-p2v converts (virtualizes) physical machines so they can be run as virtual machines under KVM. This package contains the tools needed to make a virt-p2v boot CD or USB key which is booted on the physical machine to perform the conversion. You also need virt-v2v installed somewhere else to complete the conversion. To convert virtual machines from other hypervisors, see virt-v2v.
We can use yum or dnf to install virt-p2v-maker on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-p2v-maker.
Install virt-p2v-maker 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 virt-p2v-maker using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virt-p2v-maker
Install virt-p2v-maker 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 virt-p2v-maker using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virt-p2v-maker
How To Uninstall virt-p2v-maker on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the virt-p2v-maker package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virt-p2v-maker
virt-p2v-maker Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/virt-p2v-make-disk
/usr/bin/virt-p2v-make-kickstart
/usr/lib64/virt-p2v
/usr/lib64/virt-p2v/virt-p2v.xz
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-p2v-make-disk
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-p2v-make-kickstart
/usr/share/doc/virt-p2v-maker
/usr/share/doc/virt-p2v-maker/README
/usr/share/licenses/virt-p2v-maker
/usr/share/licenses/virt-p2v-maker/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-p2v-make-disk.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-p2v-make-kickstart.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-p2v.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-p2v
/usr/share/virt-p2v/dependencies.archlinux
/usr/share/virt-p2v/dependencies.debian
/usr/share/virt-p2v/dependencies.redhat
/usr/share/virt-p2v/dependencies.suse
/usr/share/virt-p2v/issue
/usr/share/virt-p2v/kiwi-config.sh
/usr/share/virt-p2v/kiwi-config.xml.in
/usr/share/virt-p2v/launch-virt-p2v
/usr/share/virt-p2v/p2v.ks.in
/usr/share/virt-p2v/p2v.service
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-p2v-maker on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.