How To Install libgovirt on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt on Rocky Linux 8. libgovirt is A GObject library for interacting with oVirt REST API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgovirt on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libgovirt`

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.

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

Install libgovirt 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 libgovirt using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libgovirt

Install libgovirt 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 libgovirt using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libgovirt

How To Uninstall libgovirt on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove libgovirt

libgovirt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1c/aa45442417dd79cceb284482d607215538a08b
/usr/lib/girepository-1.0/GoVirt-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib/libgovirt.so.2
/usr/lib/libgovirt.so.2.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/README
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/55
/usr/lib/.build-id/55/bc01aae10f3b8f651d229e30ff31523710661c
/usr/lib64/girepository-1.0/GoVirt-1.0.typelib
/usr/lib64/libgovirt.so.2
/usr/lib64/libgovirt.so.2.2.2
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/libgovirt/README
/usr/share/locale/bs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/el/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/fur/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/lt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr@latin/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/libgovirt.mo

References

libgovirt website

Summary

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