How To Install xen on Fedora 34

xen is Xen is a virtual machine monitor

Introduction

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

What is xen

This package contains the XenD daemon and xm command line tools, needed to manage virtual machines running under the Xen hypervisor

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

Install xen 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 xen using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xen

Install xen 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 xen using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xen

How To Uninstall xen on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove xen

xen Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/sysconfig/xendomains
/etc/xen/auto
/usr/bin/xencons
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/3abd313177aac174c117cdde850570d973eaed
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b
/usr/lib/.build-id/2b/bd39cc6bffdad19b2984f48ff32252c8e5cf87
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xendomains.service
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen-3.0-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xc.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xs.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/legacy.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/legacy.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxc.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxc.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxl.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxl.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/public.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/public.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/tests.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/tests.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/verify.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/verify.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/xl.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/xl.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/legacy.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/libxc.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/libxl.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/public.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/tests.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/verify.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/xl.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/util.py
/usr/share/doc/xen
/usr/share/doc/xen/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xen/README
/etc/sysconfig/xendomains
/etc/xen/auto
/usr/bin/xencons
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/318864dcbc6964fd242785ea72db9a73d42829
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d1/fb556ad6b38d2fc7a6e74bbb23e4dfae5c6956
/usr/lib/systemd/system/xendomains.service
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen-3.0-py3.9.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/__pycache__/util.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xc.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/lowlevel/xs.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__init__.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/legacy.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/legacy.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxc.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxc.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxl.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/libxl.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/public.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/public.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/tests.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/tests.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/verify.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/verify.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/xl.cpython-39.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/__pycache__/xl.cpython-39.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/legacy.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/libxc.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/libxl.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/public.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/tests.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/verify.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/migration/xl.py
/usr/lib64/python3.9/site-packages/xen/util.py
/usr/share/doc/xen
/usr/share/doc/xen/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/xen/README

References

Summary

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