How To Install virt-win-reg on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-win-reg in Fedora 36. virt-win-reg is Access and modify the Windows Registry of a Windows VM

Introduction

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

What is `virt-win-reg`

Virt-win-reg lets you look at and modify the Windows Registry of Windows virtual machines.

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

Install virt-win-reg 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-win-reg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virt-win-reg

Install virt-win-reg 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-win-reg using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-win-reg

How To Uninstall virt-win-reg on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove virt-win-reg

virt-win-reg Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/virt-win-reg
/usr/share/doc/virt-win-reg
/usr/share/doc/virt-win-reg/README
/usr/share/licenses/virt-win-reg
/usr/share/licenses/virt-win-reg/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-win-reg.1.gz

References

virt-win-reg website

Summary

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