How To Install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8.
What is virt-v2v
Virt-v2v converts virtual machines from non-KVM hypervisors to run under KVM. To convert physical machines, see the virt-p2v-maker package.
We can use yum or dnf to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virt-v2v.
Install virt-v2v 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-v2v using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install virt-v2v
Install virt-v2v 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-v2v using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install virt-v2v
How To Uninstall virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the virt-v2v package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove virt-v2v
virt-v2v Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/bin/virt-v2v
/usr/bin/virt-v2v-copy-to-local
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/25
/usr/lib/.build-id/25/609defc3f03e6fb9b2ed7f592bf03cd85af97d
/usr/lib/.build-id/75
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/08a1bd6ae8c6ed66b99d8e31e82534f265eb36
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/virt-v2v/README
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-copy-to-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-vmware.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-input-xen.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-local.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-openstack.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-output-rhv.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v-support.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/virt-v2v.1.gz
/usr/share/virt-tools
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhev-apt.exe
/usr/share/virt-tools/rhsrvany.exe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-v2v on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.