Bug 1715806

Summary:	Can't find tool qemu-system-x86
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Reporter:	LiliDeng <lilideng>
Component:	qemu-kvm	Assignee:	Virtualization Maintenance <virt-maint>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs <virt-bugs>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	8.0	CC:	bdas, rbalakri, ribarry, virt-maint
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	8.0
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2019-06-03 19:09:11 UTC	Type:	Bug
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Description LiliDeng 2019-05-31 10:47:31 UTC

Description of problem:
Want to use tool qemu-system-x86, could you please let know where I can find it? Any repo provided? 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Kernel version 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64

How reproducible:
Install fresh RHEL 8 

Steps to Reproduce:
1.yum search qemu-system-x86

Actual results:
No matches found.

Expected results:
Found matched package

Additional info:

Comment 1 Bandan Das 2019-06-03 16:14:24 UTC

(In reply to LiliDeng from comment #0)
> Description of problem:
> Want to use tool qemu-system-x86, could you please let know where I can find
> it? Any repo provided? 
> 
The recommended way to manage KVM guests is to use userspace utilities on top of libvirt (virsh/virt-manager).

The qemu binary resides at /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm, try yum search qemu-kvm

Comment 2 Rick Barry 2019-06-03 19:09:11 UTC

Lili, thanks for taking the time to enter a bug report with us. We use reports
like yours to keep improving the quality of our products and releases. That said,
we're not able to guarantee the timeliness or suitability of a resolution for
issues entered here because this is not a mechanism for requesting support.
          
If this issue is critical or in any way time sensitive, please raise a ticket
through your regular Red Hat support channels to make certain it receives the
proper attention and prioritization that will result in a timely resolution.

For information on how to contact the Red Hat production support team, please
visit: https://www.redhat.com/support/process/production/#howto

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Additional information:

qemu-system-x86 is provided through the EPEL channel and is maintained and
supported through the Fedora Project. There is no RHEL 8 EPEL available at the
moment. For the latest RHEL 8 EPEL status,
see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure_2020/EPEL-8.

As comment 1 recommends, qemu-kvm is available for RHEL 8 today and is supported
by your Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.

I hope this information is helpful.