How to Install and Uninstall bochsbios Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the bochsbios on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bochsbios" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install bochsbios on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall bochsbios on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bochsbios package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bochsbios
Source: bochs
Version: 2.7+dfsg-4
Installed-Size: 439
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: all
Description: BIOS for the Bochs emulator
Description-md5: 9398974e6d90ae7a0272cba21ead91e5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://bochs.sourceforge.net/
Tag: hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c++, interface::graphical,
interface::x11, role::app-data, role::program, uitoolkit::sdl,
x11::application
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bochs/bochsbios_2.7+dfsg-4_all.deb
Size: 134988
MD5sum: ebe9623d05781e77453bc6d1611f2021
SHA256: 1568dac191ee2c527b8bac37432cbc96f35fcf026aa8828a5093dd1ddb987f0e