Installation guide

Chapter 5. Installing the virtualization packages

libvirt-python

The libvirt-python package contains a module that permits applications written in the Python

programming language to use the interface supplied by the libvirt API.

virt-manager

virt-manager, also known as Virtual Machine Manager, provides a graphical tool for

administering virtual machines. It uses libvirt-client library as the management API.

libvirt-client

The libvirt-client package provides the client-side APIs and libraries for accessing libvirt servers.

The libvirt-client package includes the virsh command line tool to manage and control virtualized

guests and hypervisors from the command line or a special virtualization shell.

Install the other recommended virtualization packages:

# yum install virt-manager libvirt libvirt-python python-virtinst libvirt-client