How To Install hyperv-tools on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-tools on CentOS 7. hyperv-tools is Tools for Hyper-V guests

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-tools on CentOS 7.

What is hyperv-tools

Contains tools and scripts useful for Hyper-V guests.

We can use yum or dnf to install hyperv-tools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hyperv-tools.

Install hyperv-tools 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-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hyperv-tools

Install hyperv-tools 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-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hyperv-tools

How To Uninstall hyperv-tools on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove hyperv-tools

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperv-tools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.