How To Install virtdetect on CentOS 7
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.
