How To Install libvirt-client on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-client on CentOS 8. libvirt-client is Client side utilities of the libvirt library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-client on CentOS 8.

What is libvirt-client

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 8. 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 8 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 8 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 8

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 8 using yum and dnf.