How To Install xe-guest-utilities-latest on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install xe-guest-utilities-latest on CentOS 7. xe-guest-utilities-latest is XAPI Virtual Machine Monitoring Scripts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xe-guest-utilities-latest on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. 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 CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

Install xe-guest-utilities-latest 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 xe-guest-utilities-latest using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xe-guest-utilities-latest

How To Uninstall xe-guest-utilities-latest on CentOS 7

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 CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.