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title: Install virt-machine-type on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of virt-machine-type for Linux - Query, set and
  auto-upgrade the machine type of a libvirt domain.
url: https://snapcraft.io/virt-machine-type
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# virt-machine-type

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* [Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer)](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/paelzer "View all snaps from Christian Ehrhardt (paelzer)")

latest/edge 0.0.2

Install latest/edge of virt-machine-type

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install virt-machine-type --edge
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

virt-machine-type is only available on the unstable edge channel. It could break and change often.

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### Package name

* virt-machine-type

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### License

* GPL-2.0

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### Last updated

* 17 May 2017 - latest/edge

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [launchpad.net/virt-machine-type](https://launchpad.net/virt-machine-type "https://launchpad.net/virt-machine-type")

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### Contact

* [bugs.launchpad.net](https://bugs.launchpad.net/virt-machine-type/+filebug "https://bugs.launchpad.net/virt-machine-type/+filebug")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/virt-machine-type#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/virt-machine-type#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/virt-machine-type#tab-security)

#### Query, set and auto-upgrade the machine type of a libvirt domain.

The concept of a machine type represents the ABI or HW revision
of the virtual hardware being used and presented to the guest.
It is in general recommended to be upgraded on an upgrade of qemu/kvm,
but so far there was no interface for that which was easy to use.

Such a change is picked up by a domain when it is (re-)started as the
virtual HW can't be replaced at runtime.

Libvirt support various hipervisors and all have machine types. But a
machine type in the sense that virt-machine-type cares about are only
really present in a qemu/kvm based hipervisor.

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## Install virt-machine-type on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/virt-machine-type/raspbian)