How To Install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7.
What is hyperv-daemons
Suite of daemons that are needed when Linux guest is running on Windows Host with HyperV.
We can use yum or dnf to install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hyperv-daemons.
Install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install hyperv-daemons using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hyperv-daemons
Install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7 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 hyperv-daemons using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hyperv-daemons
How To Uninstall hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the hyperv-daemons package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hyperv-daemons
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.