How To Install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8. hyperv-daemons is Hyper-V daemons suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8.

What is hyperv-daemons

Suite of daemons that are needed when Linux guest is running on Windows Host with Hyper-V.

We can use yum or dnf to install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hyperv-daemons.

Install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hyperv-daemons using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hyperv-daemons

Install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install hyperv-daemons using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hyperv-daemons

How To Uninstall hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the hyperv-daemons package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hyperv-daemons

hyperv-daemons Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-daemons on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.