How To Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on Rocky Linux 8

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

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-kvm-block-ssh on Rocky Linux 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 Rocky Linux 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 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-kvm-block-ssh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-kvm-block-ssh

Install qemu-kvm-block-ssh 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-kvm-block-ssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-kvm-block-ssh

How To Uninstall qemu-kvm-block-ssh on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the qemu-kvm-block-ssh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-kvm-block-ssh

qemu-kvm-block-ssh Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/e9/aa45221e8825e2dd4c2dd8a81a6d49c1c03f9a
/usr/lib64/qemu-kvm/block-ssh.so

References

qemu-kvm-block-ssh website

Summary

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