How to Install and Uninstall virt-what Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the virt-what on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "virt-what" package

Please follow the steps below to install virt-what on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                virt-what
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "virt-what" package

Learn how to uninstall virt-what on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virt-what package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: virt-what
Version: 1.25-1
Installed-Size: 49
Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: dmidecode, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Description: detect if we are running in a virtual machine
Description-md5: 5d47386fbabb50c244e6526dada61a44
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-what/
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python,
implemented-in::shell, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/virt-what/virt-what_1.25-1_amd64.deb
Size: 15036
MD5sum: a43e68d6af5bfba93a47d8c434d618c9
SHA256: 50167144dcb7b55d2c961be1ac82710d075836018fbf5af5ca2173203663a196