How To Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8.
What is edk2-ovmf
OVMF (Open Virtual Machine Firmware) is a project to enable UEFI support for Virtual Machines. This package contains a sample 64-bit UEFI firmware for QEMU and KVM.
We can use yum or dnf to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install edk2-ovmf.
Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install edk2-ovmf using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install edk2-ovmf
Install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install edk2-ovmf using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install edk2-ovmf
How To Uninstall edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the edk2-ovmf package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove edk2-ovmf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edk2-ovmf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.