virtual machine as identification function

When we install programs from network, some pre-requirement must be fulfilled. For example:

1. share library version
2. environment setting

Fail to fulfilled these requirement may prevent us from using this software, the most famous example is that the rpm dependence failure raise from linux.

So we may need to distribute software in a full image that include full operate system. This approach that taken by vmware virtual appliance market place.

But such approach distinguish between master OS and guest OS, can we make then iditifical to each other?

For example, can we use EDA software virtual appliance directly from master OS, without awearing of guest OS?

Can this be achieved by analyzing the IO requirement of the application, such as its need to accessing files and environments. The later case include the ability of generate and run script in another language. this need our fore mentioned multi language reasoning ability.