How To Install python3-libvirt on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libvirt on Rocky Linux 8.
What is python3-libvirt
The python3-libvirt package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python 3.x programming language to use the interface supplied by the libvirt library to use the virtualization capabilities of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes).
We can use yum or dnf to install python3-libvirt on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-libvirt.
Install python3-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 python3-libvirt using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install python3-libvirt
Install python3-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 python3-libvirt using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install python3-libvirt
How To Uninstall python3-libvirt on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the python3-libvirt package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove python3-libvirt
python3-libvirt Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b
/usr/lib/.build-id/3b/28469b7318a2ed976e531820eb993eabae5acc
/usr/lib/.build-id/78
/usr/lib/.build-id/78/352fa256ccfb90a25f22969bb035d8a0269203
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1
/usr/lib/.build-id/a1/9df967a16ecdd0272abd1fa98bcf62a7b03d45
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt_lxc.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt_lxc.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt_qemu.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirt_qemu.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirtaio.cpython-36.opt-1.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/libvirtaio.cpython-36.pyc
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirt.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirt_lxc.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirt_python-6.0.0-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirt_qemu.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirtaio.py
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirtmod.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirtmod_lxc.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/libvirtmod_qemu.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/COPYING.LESSER
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/consolecallback.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/dominfo.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/domipaddrs.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/domrestore.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/domsave.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/domstart.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/esxlist.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/event-test.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/guest-vcpus
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/guest-vcpus/guest-vcpu-daemon.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/guest-vcpus/guest-vcpu.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/nodestats.py
/usr/share/doc/python3-libvirt/examples/topology.py
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libvirt on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.