How to Install and Uninstall seabios Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "seabios" package

This is a short guide on how to install seabios on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                seabios
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "seabios" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall seabios on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                seabios
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the seabios package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: seabios
Version: 1.12.0-1
Installed-Size: 662
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: all
Breaks: qemu-kvm (<< 0.14.0), qemu-system (<< 0.14.0)
Description: Legacy BIOS implementation
Description-md5: 3c57ad8dc4b7367cefa8a011ed0fc235
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.seabios.org
Tag: role::app-data
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/seabios/seabios_1.12.0-1_all.deb
Size: 136216
MD5sum: fbefdcd1931b6e4831f48ba861659e22
SHA256: 7202ddcc61fc2e4401135d62b4999241cf00b905122ca6ed5e0f56c304cf9ea1