How To Install virt-manager on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on Rocky Linux 8. virt-manager is Desktop tool for managing virtual machines via libvirt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on Rocky Linux 8.

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 Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-manager.

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

sudo dnf -y install virt-manager

Install virt-manager 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-manager using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virt-manager

How To Uninstall virt-manager on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove virt-manager

virt-manager Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/virt-manager
/usr/share/appdata/virt-manager.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/virt-manager.desktop
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/NEWS.md
/usr/share/doc/virt-manager/README.md
/usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/org.virt-manager.virt-manager.gschema.xml
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/22x22/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/virt-manager.png
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-manager.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/16x16/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/icon_details.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_cpu.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_mem.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_pci.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_serial.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/devices/device_usb.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/status
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/state_paused.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/state_running.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/22x22/status/state_shutoff.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/vm_clone_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/24x24/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/icon_console.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/actions/vm_new.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_paused.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_running.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/32x32/status/state_shutoff.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_clone_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_delete_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_import_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/icons/hicolor/48x48/actions/vm_new_wizard.png
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/about.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/addhardware.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/addstorage.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/asyncjob.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/clone.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/connectauth.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/createconn.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/createnet.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/createpool.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/createvm.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/createvol.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/delete.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/details.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/fsdetails.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/gfxdetails.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/host.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/hostnets.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/hoststorage.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/manager.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/migrate.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/netlist.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/oslist.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/preferences.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/snapshots.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/snapshotsnew.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/storagebrowse.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/vmwindow.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/vsockdetails.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/ui/xmleditor.ui
/usr/share/virt-manager/virt-manager
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/about.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/addhardware.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/asyncjob.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/baseclass.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/clone.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/config.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connection.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/connmanager.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createconn.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createnet.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createpool.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvm.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/createvol.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/delete.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/console.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/details.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/serialcon.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/snapshots.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/sshtunnels.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/details/viewers.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/addstorage.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/fsdetails.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/gfxdetails.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/mediacombo.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/netlist.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/device/vsockdetails.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/engine.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/error.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/host.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/hostnets.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/hoststorage.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/connectauth.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/graphwidgets.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/inspection.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/keyring.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/libvirtenummap.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/module_trace.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/statsmanager.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/lib/uiutil.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/manager.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/migrate.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/__init__.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/domain.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/interface.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/libvirtobject.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/network.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/nodedev.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/object/storagepool.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/oslist.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/preferences.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/storagebrowse.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/systray.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/vmmenu.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/vmwindow.py
/usr/share/virt-manager/virtManager/xmleditor.py

References

virt-manager website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.