On 2 April 2010 16:49, David Bartmess <dingodave@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 4/2/2010 4:37 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> On Friday 02 April 2010 03:14 PM, David Bartmess wrote: >> >>> I'm on F12, and I've tried to install kvm via yum, but yum says no >>> matching packages... Is this a F13 thing? >>> >>> "sudo yum install kvm" returns nothing... >>> >>> >> Whenever in doubt about package names you can try commands like these, >> >> $ yum search kvm >> $ yum list \*kvm\* >> $ yum whatprovides \*/bin/\*kvm >> >> And then there are also tools like repoquery which come with yum-utils. >> Yum is one of the most powerful tools one can have for package management. >> >> :) >> > I don't find kvm anywhere. Is there a specific repository I need to add > to my list? > The last command should have returned you the proper package name, qemu-system. :) And as Rahul said, kvm is part of the kernel. What you get from the package are the qemu tools to make use of the kvm module in the kernel. A small note, you need to be root to start using the kvm module. Once that is done, any user on the system can use the vm. > -- > "Dingo" Dave Bartmess GL -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
