How To Install imvirt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imvirt on Debian 10.
What is imvirt
imvirt is:
This Perl script tries to detect if it is run in a virtualization container.
In this version it is able to detect the following virtualization technologies: ARAnyM KVM lguest LXC OpenVZ/Virtuozzo QEMU UML VMware GSX, ESX, Workstation Virtual PC/Virtual Server VirtualBox Xen (para and non-para virtualized)
And much more.
There are three methods to install imvirt on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install imvirt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imvirt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imvirt
Install imvirt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imvirt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imvirt
Install imvirt Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install imvirt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imvirt
How To Uninstall imvirt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the imvirt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imvirt
Uninstall imvirt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imvirt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imvirt
Remove imvirt Configurations and Data
To remove imvirt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imvirt
Remove imvirt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imvirt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imvirt
Dependencies
imvirt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imvirt package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
