How To Install libvirt on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt in Fedora 36. libvirt is Library providing a simple virtualization API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on Fedora 36.

What is libvirt

Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The main package includes the libvirtd server exporting the virtualization support.

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt.

Install libvirt on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libvirt

Install libvirt on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install libvirt

How To Uninstall libvirt on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt

libvirt Package Contents on Fedora 36

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).