How To Install qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8. qemu-img is QEMU command line tool for manipulating disk images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `qemu-img`

This package provides a command line tool for manipulating disk images.

We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-img.

Install qemu-img 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 qemu-img using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-img

Install qemu-img 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 qemu-img using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-img

How To Uninstall qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qemu-img package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-img

qemu-img Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/qemu-img
/usr/bin/qemu-io
/usr/bin/qemu-nbd
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/91193a6bc3656d2a42a68d184ec403986c924d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a
/usr/lib/.build-id/5a/11e1e5289e8b7b5575642a6ee192689d10b2c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/88
/usr/lib/.build-id/88/93bb77a02987eedb04efb595891f219439f67f
/usr/share/man/man1/qemu-img.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/qemu-nbd.8.gz

References

qemu-img website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-img on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.