How To Install virt-what on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-what on Kali Linux.

What is virt-what

virt-what is:

Virt-what is a shell script which can be used to detect if the program is running in a virtual machine (VM).

The program prints out a list of “facts” about the virtual machine, derived from heuristics. One fact is printed per line.

There are three methods to install virt-what 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 virt-what Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install virt-what using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install virt-what

Install virt-what Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install virt-what using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install virt-what

Install virt-what 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 virt-what using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install virt-what

How To Uninstall virt-what on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the virt-what package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove virt-what

Uninstall virt-what And Its Dependencies

To uninstall virt-what and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove virt-what

Remove virt-what Configurations and Data

To remove virt-what configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge virt-what

Remove virt-what configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove virt-what configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virt-what

Dependencies

virt-what have the following dependencies:

• dmidecode
• libc6

References

• virt-what website

Summary

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