How To Install libvirt-dbus on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-dbus on CentOS 7. libvirt-dbus is libvirt D-Bus API binding

Introduction

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

What is `libvirt-dbus`

This package provides D-Bus API for libvirt

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

Install libvirt-dbus 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-dbus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-dbus

Install libvirt-dbus 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-dbus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-dbus

How To Uninstall libvirt-dbus on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-dbus

References

libvirt-dbus website

Summary

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