How To Install libvirt-daemon-kvm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-kvm on CentOS 7. libvirt-daemon-kvm is Server side daemon & driver required to run KVM guests

Introduction

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

What is libvirt-daemon-kvm

Server side daemon and driver required to manage the virtualization capabilities of the KVM hypervisor

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

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

sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-kvm

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

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-kvm

How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-kvm on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-kvm

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Summary

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