How To Install virt-install on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-install on Rocky Linux 8.
What is virt-install
Package includes several command line utilities, including virt-install (build and install new VMs) and virt-clone (clone an existing virtual machine).
We can use yum or dnf to install virt-install on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-install.
Install virt-install 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 virt-install using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virt-install
Install virt-install 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 virt-install using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virt-install
How To Uninstall virt-install on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the virt-install package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virt-install
virt-install Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/virt-clone
/usr/bin/virt-install
/usr/bin/virt-xml
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-clone
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-install
/usr/share/bash-completion/completions/virt-xml
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-clone.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-install.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-xml.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-clone
/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-install
/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-xml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-install on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.