How To Install virtme on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtme
on Fedora 34.
What is virtme
Virtme is a set of simple tools to run a virtualized Linux kernel that uses the host Linux distribution or a simple rootfs instead of a whole disk image.
We can use yum
or dnf
to install virtme
on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virtme.
Install virtme 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 virtme
using dnf
by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virtme
Install virtme 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 virtme
using yum
by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virtme
How To Uninstall virtme on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the virtme
package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virtme
virtme Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/bin/virtme-configkernel
/usr/bin/virtme-mkinitramfs
/usr/bin/virtme-prep-kdir-mods
/usr/bin/virtme-run
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/not-zip-safe
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme-0.1.1-py3.9.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/architectures.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/architectures.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/cpiowriter.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/cpiowriter.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/mkinitramfs.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/mkinitramfs.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/modfinder.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/modfinder.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/qemu_helpers.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/qemu_helpers.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/resources.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/resources.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/virtmods.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/__pycache__/virtmods.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/architectures.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/configkernel.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/configkernel.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/mkinitramfs.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/mkinitramfs.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/run.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/__pycache__/run.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/configkernel.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/mkinitramfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/commands/run.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/cpiowriter.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/virtme-init
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/guest/virtme-udhcpc-script
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/mkinitramfs.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/modfinder.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/qemu_helpers.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/resources.py
/usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/virtme/virtmods.py
/usr/share/doc/virtme
/usr/share/doc/virtme/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/virtme
/usr/share/licenses/virtme/LICENSE
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virtme
on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.