How to Install and Uninstall virt-what Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "virt-what" package

Please follow the steps below to install virt-what on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall virt-what on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                virt-what
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virt-what package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: virt-what
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 65
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.14-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), dmidecode
Filename: pool/universe/v/virt-what/virt-what_1.14-1_amd64.deb
Size: 12986
MD5sum: 66c9e00e3d85722d0936cf1a9c70dc6f
SHA1: ebd9cdc488ca4d1d619b6d957e881e6b7276aae5
SHA256: 8decf5cbdb201f489e0fe0a47e7b1512198df12312049e0f031d7076b3d3460c
Description-en: detect if we are running in a virtual machine
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.
Description-md5: 84aeeb5958384187250a14cb2b9419e8
Homepage: http://et.redhat.com/~rjones/virt-what
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu