Required system packages

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To create and configure a base image of RHEL, your host system must have the following packages installed.

Table 1. System packages
Package	Repository	Description
libvirt	`rhel-10-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms`	Open source API, daemon, and management tool for managing platform virtualization
virt-install	`rhel-10-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms`	A command-line utility for building VMs
libguestfs	`rhel-10-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms`	A library for accessing and modifying VM file systems
guestfs-tools	`rhel-10-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms`	System administration tools for VMs; includes the `virt-customize` utility

After confirming installation of the mentioned system packages, follow the deployment steps in deploying a RHEL instance by using a custom base image

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