How To Install virtdetect on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect on CentOS 7. virtdetect is Detect if a UNIX system is running as a virtual machine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect on CentOS 7.

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 CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install virtdetect.

Install virtdetect on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install virtdetect

Install virtdetect on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install virtdetect

How To Uninstall virtdetect on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove virtdetect

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install virtdetect on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.