How To Install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7. imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon is common utilities to manipulate ovf-related objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7.

What is imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon

This pseudo-plugin is used to provide common OVF functionality to other plugins.

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

Install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon

Install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon 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 imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon

How To Uninstall imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagefactory-plugins-ovfcommon on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.