How To Install lxc-templates on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-templates on CentOS 7. lxc-templates is Templates for lxc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lxc-templates on CentOS 7.

What is lxc-templates

Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lxc-templates package contains templates for creating containers.

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

Install lxc-templates on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install lxc-templates

Install lxc-templates 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 lxc-templates using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lxc-templates

How To Uninstall lxc-templates on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lxc-templates package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lxc-templates

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Summary

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