How To Install virtdetect on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect in Fedora 36. virtdetect is Detect if a UNIX system is running as a virtual machine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect on Fedora 36.

What is virtdetect

This script attempts to detect whether or not a system is running as a guest under virtualization, using various heuristics.

We can use yum or dnf to install virtdetect on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virtdetect.

Install virtdetect on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install virtdetect using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install virtdetect

Install virtdetect on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install virtdetect using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install virtdetect

How To Uninstall virtdetect on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the virtdetect package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove virtdetect

virtdetect Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/virtdetect
/usr/share/doc/virtdetect
/usr/share/doc/virtdetect/README
/usr/share/man/man1/virtdetect.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).