How To Install libvirt-daemon on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon in Fedora 36. libvirt-daemon is Server side daemon and supporting files for libvirt library

Introduction

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

What is `libvirt-daemon`

Server side daemon required to manage the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux. Requires a hypervisor specific sub-RPM for specific drivers.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon

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

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon

libvirt-daemon Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtlockd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtlogd.conf
/etc/libvirt/virtproxyd.conf
/etc/logrotate.d/libvirtd
/etc/sasl2/libvirt.conf
/run/libvirt
/run/libvirt/common
/usr/bin/virt-admin
/usr/bin/virt-host-validate
/usr/bin/virt-ssh-helper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f
/usr/lib/.build-id/0f/9a52e9645d3e4f481bc8c3fbd4699dad8880d5
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f
/usr/lib/.build-id/1f/06fdce92acb444abb34f1cf1e8fa746e54a5b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/2f/1682ac85d2383a64fb904d3204bb57c8fbdf20
/usr/lib/.build-id/41
/usr/lib/.build-id/41/9cbfbd7e2b279aa734da973fb15e0123d670da
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/a9597a965d9e04137c6b9287f02685b749cbc6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4
/usr/lib/.build-id/e4/f534955d8d02f68ec6c33b81bd2b8bfcefad5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/7e9b722eaf95823c5a1320d3faf26f4f30c94a
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7
/usr/lib/.build-id/f7/a01f1ef6b077b80c8ef7b40254a814c4431ab9
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8
/usr/lib/.build-id/f8/670959c4c98071232c72b7927a4fef2893be6f
/usr/lib/sysctl.d/60-libvirtd.conf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirt-guests.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-tcp.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd-tls.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/libvirtd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virt-guest-shutdown.target
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlockd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtlogd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-tcp.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd-tls.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtproxyd.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver
/usr/lib64/libvirt/lock-driver/lockd.so
/usr/libexec/libvirt-guests.sh
/usr/libexec/libvirt_iohelper
/usr/sbin/libvirtd
/usr/sbin/virtlockd
/usr/sbin/virtlogd
/usr/sbin/virtproxyd
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirt_lockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/libvirtd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirt_lockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_libvirtd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtlockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtlogd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtproxyd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtlockd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtlogd.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtproxyd.aug
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-admin
/usr/share/libvirt
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-admin.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-host-validate.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset1.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset2.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-atset3.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-linux.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-osx.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-qnum.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-usb.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-win32.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeycode-xtkbd.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-linux.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-osx.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man7/virkeyname-win32.7.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libvirt-guests.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/libvirtd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virt-ssh-helper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtlockd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtlogd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/virtproxyd.8.gz
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.api.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.libvirt.unix.policy
/usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d/50-libvirt.rules
/var/cache/libvirt
/var/lib/libvirt
/var/lib/libvirt/boot
/var/lib/libvirt/filesystems
/var/lib/libvirt/images
/var/log/libvirt

References

libvirt-daemon website

Summary

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