How To Install libvirt-wireshark on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-wireshark in Fedora 36. libvirt-wireshark is Wireshark dissector plugin for libvirt RPC transactions

Introduction

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

What is `libvirt-wireshark`

Wireshark dissector plugin for better analysis of libvirt RPC traffic.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-wireshark

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

sudo yum -y install libvirt-wireshark

How To Uninstall libvirt-wireshark on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-wireshark

libvirt-wireshark Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/cb2f8f2abbb95f2d545f6797aa4ea7d19ec08c
/usr/lib64/wireshark/plugins/3.6/epan/libvirt.so

References

libvirt-wireshark website

Summary

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