How To Install libvirt on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on Rocky Linux 8.
What is libvirt
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The main package includes the libvirtd server exporting the virtualization support.
We can use yum or dnf to install libvirt on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libvirt.
Install libvirt 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 using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install libvirt
Install libvirt 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 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install libvirt
How To Uninstall libvirt on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the libvirt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove libvirt
libvirt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.