How To Install libguestfs-rescue on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libguestfs-rescue
This adds additional tools to use inside the virt-rescue shell, such as ssh, network utilities, editors and debugging utilities.
We can use yum or dnf to install libguestfs-rescue on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguestfs-rescue.
Install libguestfs-rescue 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 libguestfs-rescue using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-rescue
Install libguestfs-rescue 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 libguestfs-rescue using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libguestfs-rescue
How To Uninstall libguestfs-rescue on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libguestfs-rescue package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libguestfs-rescue
libguestfs-rescue Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/zz-packages-rescue
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rescue on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.