How to Install and Uninstall virt-what.x86_64 Package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last updated: April 26,2024

1. Install "virt-what.x86_64" package

Please follow the instructions below to install virt-what.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8


    
        
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                sudo dnf install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virt-what.x86_64" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall virt-what.x86_64 on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8:


    
        
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                sudo dnf remove
            
                        
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                sudo dnf autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virt-what.x86_64 package on CentOS 8 / RHEL 8

Last metadata expiration check: 1 day, 3:39:27 ago on Sun May 9 13:03:46 2021.
Installed Packages
Name : virt-what
Version : 1.18
Release : 6.el8
Architecture : x86_64
Size : 47 k
Source : virt-what-1.18-6.el8.src.rpm
Repository : @System
From repo : anaconda
Summary : Detect if we are running in a virtual machine
URL : http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-what/
License : GPLv2+
Description : virt-what is a shell script which can be used to detect if the program
: is running in a virtual machine.
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: The program prints out a list of "facts" about the virtual machine,
: derived from heuristics. One fact is printed per line.
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: If nothing is printed and the script exits with code 0 (no error),
: then it can mean either that the program is running on bare-metal or
: the program is running inside a type of virtual machine which we don't
: know about or can't detect.
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: Current types of virtualization detected:
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: - aws Amazon Web Services
: - bhyve FreeBSD hypervisor
: - docker Docker container
: - hyperv Microsoft Hyper-V
: - ibm_power-kvm
: IBM POWER KVM
: - ibm_power-lpar_shared
: - ibm_power-lpar_dedicated
: IBM POWER LPAR (hardware partition)
: - ibm_systemz-*
: IBM SystemZ Direct / LPAR / z/VM / KVM
: - ldoms Oracle VM Server for SPARC Logical Domains
: - linux_vserver
: Linux VServer container
: - lxc Linux LXC container
: - kvm Linux Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM)
: - lkvm LKVM / kvmtool
: - openvz OpenVZ or Virtuozzo
: - ovirt oVirt node
: - parallels Parallels Virtual Platform
: - powervm_lx86 IBM PowerVM Lx86 Linux/x86 emulator
: - qemu QEMU (unaccelerated)
: - rhev Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization
: - uml User-Mode Linux (UML)
: - virtage Hitachi Virtualization Manager (HVM) Virtage LPAR
: - virtualbox VirtualBox
: - virtualpc Microsoft VirtualPC
: - vmm vmm OpenBSD hypervisor
: - vmware VMware
: - xen Xen
: - xen-dom0 Xen dom0 (privileged domain)
: - xen-domU Xen domU (paravirtualized guest domain)
: - xen-hvm Xen guest fully virtualized (HVM)