How To Install virt-manager on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on CentOS 7. virt-manager is Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on CentOS 7.

What is virt-manager

Virtual Machine Manager provides a graphical tool for administering virtual machines for KVM, Xen, and LXC. Start, stop, add or remove virtual devices, connect to a graphical or serial console, and see resource usage statistics for existing VMs on local or remote machines. Uses libvirt as the backend management API.

We can use yum or dnf to install virt-manager on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-manager.

Install virt-manager on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install virt-manager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-manager

Install virt-manager on CentOS 7 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 virt-manager using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virt-manager

How To Uninstall virt-manager on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the virt-manager package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virt-manager

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.