How To Install libvirt-daemon-kvm on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-kvm on Rocky Linux 8.
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 Rocky Linux 8. 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 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-kvm using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-daemon-kvm
Install libvirt-daemon-kvm 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-kvm using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-daemon-kvm
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-kvm on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-kvm package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-daemon-kvm
libvirt-daemon-kvm Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-kvm on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.