How To Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on CentOS 8. qemu-kvm-block-ssh is QEMU SSH block driver

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.