How To Install virt-v2v on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8.
What is virt-v2v
Virt-v2v converts virtual machines from non-KVM hypervisors to run under KVM. To convert physical machines, see the virt-p2v-maker package.
We can use yum or dnf to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-v2v.
Install virt-v2v 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-v2v using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virt-v2v
Install virt-v2v 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-v2v using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virt-v2v
How To Uninstall virt-v2v on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the virt-v2v package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virt-v2v
virt-v2v Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/virt-v2v
/usr/bin/virt-v2v-copy-to-local
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/422bf43a8d7c36c97c72278cbfb97cedf56939
/usr/lib/.build-id/86
/usr/lib/.build-id/86/bc61ff524e483e4b61f5c5483785fef845e417
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/README
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-vmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-xen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-openstack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-rhv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-support.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-tools
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhev-apt.exe
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhsrvany.exe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.