How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu in Fedora 36. libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu is QEMU driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu on Fedora 36.

What is `libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu`

The qemu driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the hypervisor driver APIs using QEMU

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

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 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-daemon-driver-qemu using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 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-daemon-driver-qemu using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu

libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/libvirt/qemu
/etc/libvirt/qemu-lockd.conf
/etc/libvirt/qemu.conf
/etc/libvirt/qemu/autostart
/etc/libvirt/virtqemud.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd.qemu
/run/libvirt/qemu
/run/libvirt/qemu/dbus
/run/libvirt/qemu/slirp
/run/libvirt/qemu/swtpm
/usr/bin/virt-qemu-run
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/85
/usr/lib/.build-id/85/b37bdc2e3a9ba072e4c13e6d81315b5dd253fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/d5d31c32a2180b7d5d5556cbc7ea43bdf270b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/6ab64794566f64ae3315b8f5e37fe6eb59284d
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/60-qemu-postcopy-migration.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtqemud-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtqemud-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtqemud.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtqemud.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_qemu.so
/usr/sbin/virtqemud
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirtd_qemu.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd_qemu.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtqemud.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtqemud.aug
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-qemu-run.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtqemud.8.gz
/var/cache/libvirt/qemu
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/channel/target
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/checkpoint
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/dump
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/ram
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/save
/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/snapshot
/var/lib/libvirt/swtpm
/var/log/libvirt/qemu
/var/log/swtpm/libvirt/qemu

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu website

Summary

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