How To Install libguestfs-rsync on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rsync on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libguestfs-rsync
This adds rsync support to libguestfs. Install it if you want to use rsync to upload or download files into disk images.
We can use yum or dnf to install libguestfs-rsync on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libguestfs-rsync.
Install libguestfs-rsync 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-rsync using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libguestfs-rsync
Install libguestfs-rsync 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-rsync using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libguestfs-rsync
How To Uninstall libguestfs-rsync on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libguestfs-rsync package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libguestfs-rsync
libguestfs-rsync Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib64/guestfs/supermin.d/zz-packages-rsync
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libguestfs-rsync on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.