How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8. libvirt-daemon-driver-interface is Interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `libvirt-daemon-driver-interface`

The interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the network interface APIs using the netcf library

We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface.

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface

Install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 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 libvirt-daemon-driver-interface using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-interface package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-driver-interface

libvirt-daemon-driver-interface Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/libvirt/virtinterfaced.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/36
/usr/lib/.build-id/36/c231a317d0fb822f62b105b7c76a0da428f641
/usr/lib/.build-id/82
/usr/lib/.build-id/82/502e016b540595716d3d186b8a7768320df11d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced-admin.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced-ro.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced.service
/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtinterfaced.socket
/usr/lib64/libvirt/connection-driver/libvirt_driver_interface.so
/usr/sbin/virtinterfaced
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/tests/test_virtinterfaced.aug
/usr/share/augeas/lenses/virtinterfaced.aug

References

libvirt-daemon-driver-interface website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.