How To Install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8.
What is xe-guest-utilities-latest
Scripts for monitoring XAPI project virtual machine. Writes distribution version information and IP address to XenStore. This package follows the latest version of xe-guest-utilities upstream.
We can use yum or dnf to install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xe-guest-utilities-latest.
Install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xe-guest-utilities-latest using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xe-guest-utilities-latest
Install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install xe-guest-utilities-latest using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xe-guest-utilities-latest
How To Uninstall xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the xe-guest-utilities-latest package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xe-guest-utilities-latest
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xe-guest-utilities-latest on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.