How To Install libguestfs on Fedora 34
libguestfs is Access and modify virtual machine disk images
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs on Fedora 34.
What is libguestfs
Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying virtual machine disk images. http Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of guest filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited to schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk. For enhanced features, install libguestfs-forensics adds filesystem forensics support libguestfs-gfs2 adds Global Filesystem (GFS2) support libguestfs-hfsplus adds HFS+ (Mac filesystem) support libguestfs-inspect-icons adds support for inspecting guest icons libguestfs-rescue enhances virt-rescue shell with more tools libguestfs-rsync rsync to/from guest filesystems libguestfs-ufs adds UFS (BSD) support libguestfs-xfs adds XFS support libguestfs-zfs adds ZFS support For developers libguestfs-devel C/C++ header files and library Language bindings libguestfs-gobject-devel GObject bindings and GObject Introspection lua-guestfs Lua bindings ocaml-libguestfs-devel OCaml bindings perl-Sys-Guestfs Perl bindings php-libguestfs PHP bindings python3-libguestfs Python 3 bindings ruby-libguestfs Ruby bindings libguestfs-vala Vala language bindings
We can use yum or dnf to install libguestfs on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguestfs.
Install libguestfs 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 libguestfs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libguestfs
Install libguestfs 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 libguestfs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libguestfs
How To Uninstall libguestfs on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the libguestfs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libguestfs
libguestfs Package Contents on Fedora 34
/etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
/etc/profile.d/guestfish.sh
/usr/bin/guestfish
/usr/bin/guestmount
/usr/bin/guestunmount
/usr/bin/libguestfs-test-tool
/usr/bin/virt-copy-in
/usr/bin/virt-copy-out
/usr/bin/virt-tar-in
/usr/bin/virt-tar-out
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/08
/usr/lib/.build-id/08/0b77dad38ff8e355956031738f86b689188e91
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d
/usr/lib/.build-id/1d/7be934c6bf46046fc2e15ba33d84a67a4c676d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/1a3ab7ffd51668310807f0b5356736b07f107f
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/dd06e3d7977f44d6f77e01cb54c4b380a3eb17
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/f4ffc92ad5b0e07f4b3da9cbf4c00ad0480dea
/usr/lib64/guestfs
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/packages
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/libguestfs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libguestfs.so.0.509.0
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs/README
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-faq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-performance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-recipes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.12.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.14.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.16.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.18.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.20.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.22.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.24.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.26.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.28.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.30.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.32.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.34.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.36.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.38.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.40.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.42.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.44.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.6.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.8.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-historical.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-security.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestunmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libguestfs-test-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libguestfs-tools.conf.5.gz
/etc/libguestfs-tools.conf
/etc/profile.d/guestfish.sh
/usr/bin/guestfish
/usr/bin/guestmount
/usr/bin/guestunmount
/usr/bin/libguestfs-test-tool
/usr/bin/virt-copy-in
/usr/bin/virt-copy-out
/usr/bin/virt-tar-in
/usr/bin/virt-tar-out
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c
/usr/lib/.build-id/5c/5f2ffac6608de66db54acf8f228713eee391ad
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6e/243f0b37d83c0162e33f08d1a17d17260fb4d0
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/233d176e01825b8ffea577e4eb3d8a8f8d262d
/usr/lib/.build-id/92
/usr/lib/.build-id/92/2df542cbf44f36c5c45c8d7cfc5a83cae3576f
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/e0/c0a078017492457d6cc8d25e15569d2a980577
/usr/lib64/guestfs
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/base.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/daemon.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/excludefiles
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/hostfiles
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/init.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/packages
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/udev-rules.tar.gz
/usr/lib64/libguestfs.so.0
/usr/lib64/libguestfs.so.0.510.0
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libguestfs/README
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/gu/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/kn/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ml/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/mr/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/or/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/ta/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/te/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/tg/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libguestfs.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfish.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-faq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-performance.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-recipes.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.10.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.12.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.14.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.16.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.18.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.20.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.22.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.24.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.26.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.28.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.30.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.32.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.34.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.36.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.38.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.4.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.40.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.42.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.44.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.6.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-1.8.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-release-notes-historical.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestfs-security.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/guestunmount.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/libguestfs-test-tool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-copy-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-in.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-tar-out.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/libguestfs-tools.conf.5.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.
