Install
Below outlines the various ways to obtain and install whatsthis.
From binary
Download the latest release of whatsthis for your platform and extract the tarball:
wget whatsthis_<version>_<os>_<arch>.tar.gz
tar zxvf whatsthis_<version>_<os>_<arch>.tar.gz
The tarball will extract the readme, license, and the pre-compiled binary.
From source
To build and install whatsthis directly from source run:
git clone https://github.com/powersj/whatsthis
cd whatsthis
make
The default make command will run go build and produce a whatsthis binary in
the root directory.
From go
To download using the go get command run:
go get github.com/powersj/whatsthis
The executable object file location will exist at ${GOPATH}/bin/whatsthis
Architecture support
Releases include binaries for x86-64 (amd64) as well as some initial support for ARMv8 (arm64). The ARMv8 architecture does not have the same cpuid capabilities in place as x86-64 does. As such the virtualization detection on ARMv8 is not functional.
| Architecture | Support |
|---|---|
| x86-64 | yes |
| ARMv8 | limited |
| ARMv6 | none |
| ppc64le | none |
| s390x | none |
| x86 | none |
Operating system support
whatsthis was developed with Linux based OSes in mind.
| Operating System | Support |
|---|---|
| Linux | yes |
| Darwin | none |
| FreeBSD | none |
| Windows | none |
FreeBSDs does not mount /proc by default and /sys is replaced by sysctl.
whatsthis could learn how to use sysctl down the road. This could also help
enable Darwin support.
Additionally, Windows support could be learned by looking at the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).