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

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

Introduction

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

What is `libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox`

The vbox driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the hypervisor driver APIs using VirtualBox

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox

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

/etc/libvirt/virtvboxd.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/91
/usr/lib/.build-id/91/9fe31fc59e3418409a42af17d08a7e65427703
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9
/usr/lib/.build-id/b9/63db7d94a60cdbb2c242924767926e6baf036a
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtvboxd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtvboxd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtvboxd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtvboxd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_vbox.so
/usr/sbin/virtvboxd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtvboxd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtvboxd.aug
/usr/share/man/man8/virtvboxd.8.gz

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox website

Summary

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