How To Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8.
What is qemu-kvm-block-ssh
This package provides the additional SSH block driver for QEMU. Install this package if you want to access remote disks using the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol.
We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh.
Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install qemu-kvm-block-ssh using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-ssh
Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8 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 qemu-kvm-block-ssh using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-ssh
How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-ssh package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-ssh
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.