How To Install libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7. libguestfs-inspect-icons is Additional dependencies for inspecting guest icons

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7.

What is libguestfs-inspect-icons

libguestfs-inspect-icons is a metapackage that pulls in additional dependencies required by libguestfs to pull icons out of non-Linux guests. Install this package if you want libguestfs to be able to inspect non-Linux guests and display icons from them. The only reason this is a separate package is to avoid core libguestfs having to depend on Perl. See https

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

Install libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libguestfs-inspect-icons using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libguestfs-inspect-icons

Install libguestfs-inspect-icons 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 libguestfs-inspect-icons using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-inspect-icons

How To Uninstall libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libguestfs-inspect-icons package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libguestfs-inspect-icons

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-inspect-icons on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.