How To Install libgovirt-devel on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-devel on CentOS 7. libgovirt-devel is Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libgovirt library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt-devel on CentOS 7.

What is libgovirt-devel

libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them. Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libgovirt library libgovirt is a library that allows applications to use oVirt REST API to list VMs managed by an oVirt instance, and to get the connection parameters needed to make a SPICE/VNC connection to them. Libraries, includes, etc. to compile with the libgovirt library

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

Install libgovirt-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install libgovirt-devel

Install libgovirt-devel 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 libgovirt-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgovirt-devel

How To Uninstall libgovirt-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libgovirt-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libgovirt-devel

References

Summary

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