How To Install libgovirt on Fedora 34

libgovirt is A GObject library for interacting with oVirt REST API A GObject library for interacting with oVirt REST API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt on Fedora 34.

What is libgovirt

libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them. libgovirt 0.3.8 1.fc34 x86_64 87 k libgovirt-0.3.8-1.fc34.src.rpm fedora A GObject library for interacting with oVirt REST API https LGPLv2+ libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them.

We can use yum or dnf to install libgovirt on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libgovirt.

Install libgovirt on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgovirt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgovirt

Install libgovirt on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install libgovirt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgovirt

How To Uninstall libgovirt on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the libgovirt package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgovirt

libgovirt Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1
/usr/lib/.build-id/e1/f9845b5599e181da753eee656280eb3db49e74
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GoVirt-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgovirt.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgovirt.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/README
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc
/usr/lib/.build-id/fc/543b71425e2fc3b3741b89e1853bef5476da68
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GoVirt-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgovirt.so.2
/usr/lib/libgovirt.so.2.3.0
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/README
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.