How To Install imvirt on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imvirt on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imvirt

Remove imvirt Configurations and Data

To remove imvirt configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• perl

References

• imvirt website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imvirt package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.