How To Install libvirt on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on CentOS 7.
What is libvirt
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The main package includes the libvirtd server exporting the virtualization support.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt.
Install libvirt on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install libvirt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt
Install libvirt 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 libvirt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt
How To Uninstall libvirt on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libvirt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.