How To Install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 7.
What is libvirt-daemon
Server side daemon required to manage the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux. Requires a hypervisor specific sub-RPM for specific drivers.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon.
Install libvirt-daemon 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-daemon using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon
Install libvirt-daemon 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-daemon using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
