How To Install libvirt-client on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-client on CentOS 7. libvirt-client is Client side utilities of the libvirt library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-client on CentOS 7.

What is libvirt-client

The client binaries needed to access the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The client binaries needed to access the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).

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

Install libvirt-client 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-client using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-client

Install libvirt-client 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-client using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-client

How To Uninstall libvirt-client on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libvirt-client package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-client

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-client on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.