How to Install and Uninstall qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 Package on CentOS Stream 8

Last updated: May 07,2024

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

Please follow the instructions below to install qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install qemu-guest-agent.x86_64

2. Uninstall "qemu-guest-agent.x86_64" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 on CentOS Stream 8:

$ sudo dnf remove qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the qemu-guest-agent.x86_64 package on CentOS Stream 8

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Available Packages
Name : qemu-guest-agent
Epoch : 15
Version : 6.2.0
Release : 47.module_el8+890+5e1fb8d4
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 367 k
Source : qemu-kvm-6.2.0-47.module_el8+890+5e1fb8d4.src.rpm
Repository : appstream
Summary : QEMU guest agent
URL : http://www.qemu.org/
License : GPLv2 and GPLv2+ and CC-BY
Description : qemu-kvm is an open source virtualizer that provides hardware emulation for
: the KVM hypervisor.
:
: 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"
:
: This package does not need to be installed on the host OS.