How To Install virt-bootstrap on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-bootstrap in Fedora 36. virt-bootstrap is System container rootfs creation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-bootstrap on Fedora 36.

What is `virt-bootstrap`

Provides a way to create the root file system to use for libvirt containers.

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

Install virt-bootstrap 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 virt-bootstrap using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virt-bootstrap

Install virt-bootstrap 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 virt-bootstrap using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-bootstrap

How To Uninstall virt-bootstrap on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the virt-bootstrap package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virt-bootstrap

virt-bootstrap Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/virt-bootstrap
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/progress.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/progress.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/utils.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/virt_bootstrap.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/__pycache__/virt_bootstrap.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/progress.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__init__.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/docker_source.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/docker_source.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/file_source.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/file_source.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/virt_builder_source.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/__pycache__/virt_builder_source.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/docker_source.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/file_source.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/sources/virt_builder_source.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/utils.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virtBootstrap/virt_bootstrap.py
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/PKG-INFO
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/SOURCES.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/entry_points.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/requires.txt
/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/virt_bootstrap-1.1.1-py3.10.egg-info/top_level.txt
/usr/share/doc/virt-bootstrap
/usr/share/doc/virt-bootstrap/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/virt-bootstrap/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/virt-bootstrap/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/virt-bootstrap
/usr/share/licenses/virt-bootstrap/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-bootstrap.1.gz

References

virt-bootstrap website

Summary

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