How to Install and Uninstall libguestfs.x86_64 Package on AlmaLinux 8
Last updated: November 01,2024
1. Install "libguestfs.x86_64" package
This is a short guide on how to install libguestfs.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8
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sudo dnf update
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sudo dnf install
libguestfs.x86_64
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2. Uninstall "libguestfs.x86_64" package
Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libguestfs.x86_64 on AlmaLinux 8:
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sudo dnf remove
libguestfs.x86_64
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sudo dnf autoremove
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3. Information about the libguestfs.x86_64 package on AlmaLinux 8
Last metadata expiration check: 2:18:28 ago on Mon Sep 5 03:22:42 2022.
Available Packages
Name : libguestfs
Epoch : 1
Version : 1.44.0
Release : 5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.alma
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 768 k
Source : libguestfs-1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.alma.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Access and modify virtual machine disk images
URL : http://libguestfs.org/
License : LGPLv2+
Description : Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying virtual machine
: disk images. http://libguestfs.org
:
: It can be used to make batch configuration changes to guests, get
: disk used/free statistics (virt-df), migrate between hypervisors
: (virt-p2v, virt-v2v), perform backups and guest clones, change
: registry/UUID/hostname info, build guests from scratch (virt-builder)
: and much more.
:
: Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of
: guest filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited
: to: ext2/3/4, FAT and NTFS, LVM, many different disk partition
: schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
:
: Libguestfs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is split into several subpackages.
: The basic subpackages are:
:
: libguestfs C library
: libguestfs-tools virt-* tools, guestfish and guestmount (FUSE)
: libguestfs-tools-c only the subset of virt tools written in C
: (for reduced dependencies)
: virt-v2v convert virtual machines to run on KVM (V2V)
: virt-p2v-maker convert physical machines to run on KVM (P2V)
: virt-dib safe and secure diskimage-builder replacement
:
: For enhanced features, install:
:
: libguestfs-gfs2 adds Global Filesystem (GFS2) support
: libguestfs-inspect-icons adds support for inspecting guest icons
: libguestfs-rescue enhances virt-rescue shell with more tools
: libguestfs-rsync rsync to/from guest filesystems
: libguestfs-xfs adds XFS support
:
: For developers:
:
: libguestfs-devel C/C++ header files and library
:
: Language bindings:
:
: libguestfs-gobject-devel GObject bindings and GObject Introspection
: libguestfs-java-devel Java bindings
: lua-guestfs Lua bindings
: ocaml-libguestfs-devel OCaml bindings
: perl-Sys-Guestfs Perl bindings
: python3-libguestfs Python 3 bindings
: ruby-libguestfs Ruby bindings
Available Packages
Name : libguestfs
Epoch : 1
Version : 1.44.0
Release : 5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.alma
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 768 k
Source : libguestfs-1.44.0-5.module_el8.6.0+2880+7d9e3703.alma.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : Access and modify virtual machine disk images
URL : http://libguestfs.org/
License : LGPLv2+
Description : Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying virtual machine
: disk images. http://libguestfs.org
:
: It can be used to make batch configuration changes to guests, get
: disk used/free statistics (virt-df), migrate between hypervisors
: (virt-p2v, virt-v2v), perform backups and guest clones, change
: registry/UUID/hostname info, build guests from scratch (virt-builder)
: and much more.
:
: Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of
: guest filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited
: to: ext2/3/4, FAT and NTFS, LVM, many different disk partition
: schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
:
: Libguestfs for Red Hat Enterprise Linux is split into several subpackages.
: The basic subpackages are:
:
: libguestfs C library
: libguestfs-tools virt-* tools, guestfish and guestmount (FUSE)
: libguestfs-tools-c only the subset of virt tools written in C
: (for reduced dependencies)
: virt-v2v convert virtual machines to run on KVM (V2V)
: virt-p2v-maker convert physical machines to run on KVM (P2V)
: virt-dib safe and secure diskimage-builder replacement
:
: For enhanced features, install:
:
: libguestfs-gfs2 adds Global Filesystem (GFS2) support
: libguestfs-inspect-icons adds support for inspecting guest icons
: libguestfs-rescue enhances virt-rescue shell with more tools
: libguestfs-rsync rsync to/from guest filesystems
: libguestfs-xfs adds XFS support
:
: For developers:
:
: libguestfs-devel C/C++ header files and library
:
: Language bindings:
:
: libguestfs-gobject-devel GObject bindings and GObject Introspection
: libguestfs-java-devel Java bindings
: lua-guestfs Lua bindings
: ocaml-libguestfs-devel OCaml bindings
: perl-Sys-Guestfs Perl bindings
: python3-libguestfs Python 3 bindings
: ruby-libguestfs Ruby bindings