How to Install and Uninstall qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 Package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Last updated: January 15,2025

1. Install "qemu-guest-agent.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7


    
        
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                sudo yum makecache
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
                qemu-guest-agent.x86_64
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "qemu-guest-agent.x86_64" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
                qemu-guest-agent.x86_64
            
                    
    
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 package on CentOS 7 / RHEL 7

Installed Packages
Name : qemu-guest-agent
Arch : x86_64
Epoch : 10
Version : 2.12.0
Release : 3.el7
Size : 297 k
Repo : installed
From repo : anaconda
Summary : QEMU guest agent
URL : http://www.qemu.org/
License : GPLv2
Description : qemu-kvm is an open source virtualizer that provides hardware
: emulation for the KVM hypervisor.
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: This package provides an agent to run inside guests, which
: communicates with the host over a virtio-serial channel named
: "org.qemu.guest_agent.0"
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: This package does not need to be installed on the host OS.