virt-what command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix virt-what command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

virt-what: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: virt-what: command not found

In Ubuntu virt-what is provided by virt-what package.

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.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install virt-what

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install virt-what.

sudo apt -y install virt-what

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install virt-what

In this tutorial we learn how to fix virt-what command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.