How To Install oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7. oci-kvm-hook is Golang binary to mount /dev/kvm into OCI containers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7.

What is oci-kvm-hook

Golang binary to mount /dev/kvm into OCI containers

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

Install oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install oci-kvm-hook using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install oci-kvm-hook

Install oci-kvm-hook 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 oci-kvm-hook using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install oci-kvm-hook

How To Uninstall oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the oci-kvm-hook package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove oci-kvm-hook

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install oci-kvm-hook on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.