How to Install and Uninstall virt-what Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: November 22,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "virt-what" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install virt-what on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall virt-what on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: virt-what
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.21-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 49
Depends: dmidecode, libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/universe/v/virt-what/virt-what_1.21-1_amd64.deb
Size: 16048
MD5sum: b472633a16915b0f0567c2eb0f1e9220
SHA1: 6b71c83d7bd6b3ae85000600d5bbf94b065104aa
SHA256: 4d3ffe254da1b869008acfe8464d2bb6789c5ccf0a36d5982310617b29902f5e
SHA512: aa22c621cc808cf47981177bd0675829ffa994017579f0160b0a14066852fd974eaf89cce3d6a0ec7fece3e44f1487f2cff323e05fc0ceb478826dd68702b81b
Homepage: https://people.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-what/
Description: detect if we are running in a virtual machine
Description-md5: 5d47386fbabb50c244e6526dada61a44