How To Install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7.
What is nbdkit-plugin-libvirt
This package is a libvirt plugin for nbdkit. It lets you access libvirt guest disks readonly. It is implemented using the libvirt virDomainBlockPeek API.
We can use yum or dnf to install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt.
Install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt
Install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt 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 nbdkit-plugin-libvirt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt
How To Uninstall nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the nbdkit-plugin-libvirt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove nbdkit-plugin-libvirt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nbdkit-plugin-libvirt on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
