How To Install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8. libvirt-libs is Client side libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8.

What is `libvirt-libs`

Shared libraries for accessing the libvirt daemon.

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

Install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libvirt-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libvirt-libs

Install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libvirt-libs

How To Uninstall libvirt-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove libvirt-libs

References

libvirt-libs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.