How To Install libvirt-lock-sanlock on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on CentOS 8.
What is libvirt-lock-sanlock
Includes the Sanlock lock manager plugin for the QEMU driver
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt-lock-sanlock.
Install libvirt-lock-sanlock 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-lock-sanlock using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt-lock-sanlock
Install libvirt-lock-sanlock 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-lock-sanlock using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt-lock-sanlock
How To Uninstall libvirt-lock-sanlock on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the libvirt-lock-sanlock package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt-lock-sanlock
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-lock-sanlock on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.