How To Install hypervfcopyd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervfcopyd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is hypervfcopyd
Hypervfcopyd is an implementation of file copy service functionality for Linux Guest running on Hyper-V. The daemon enables host to copy a file (over VMBUS) into the Linux Guest. The daemon first registers with the kernel driver. After this is done it waits for instructions from Windows Host.
We can use yum or dnf to install hypervfcopyd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hypervfcopyd.
Install hypervfcopyd 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 hypervfcopyd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install hypervfcopyd
Install hypervfcopyd 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 hypervfcopyd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install hypervfcopyd
How To Uninstall hypervfcopyd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the hypervfcopyd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove hypervfcopyd
hypervfcopyd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/72
/usr/lib/.build-id/72/84ecede59e77bd1a0a837356bc1d7db3294538
/usr/lib/systemd/system/hypervfcopyd.service
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-hypervfcopy.rules
/usr/sbin/hypervfcopyd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hypervfcopyd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.