How to Install and Uninstall gnome-boxes Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "gnome-boxes" package

This tutorial shows how to install gnome-boxes on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome-boxes
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome-boxes" package

Learn how to uninstall gnome-boxes on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: gnome-boxes
Version: 43.2-1
Installed-Size: 6762
Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: genisoimage, libosinfo-bin, libvirt-daemon, tracker (>= 3.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libarchive13 (>= 3.1.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.65.1), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.20), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 165), libhandy-1-0 (>= 1.5.90), libosinfo-1.0-0 (>= 1.10.0-2~), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup-3.0-0 (>= 3.0.3), libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 (>= 0.35), libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 (>= 0.41-2~), libtracker-sparql-3.0-0 (>= 3.1.1), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libvirt-glib-1.0-0 (>= 4.0.0), libwebkit2gtk-4.1-0 (>= 2.25.1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.8)
Recommends: qemu-system-x86
Suggests: gnome-connections
Description: Simple GNOME app to access virtual systems
Description-md5: 23802aa6ebc544c9c10bcdeaaeda1749
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
Tag: admin::virtualization, hardware::emulation, implemented-in::python,
implemented-in::vala, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
role::program, scope::application, suite::gnome, suite::openstack,
system::cloud, system::virtual, uitoolkit::gtk, use::simulating,
use::viewing, x11::application
Section: gnome
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/gnome-boxes/gnome-boxes_43.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 928008
MD5sum: d8abc7434064ac8dfa5a7d497d765667
SHA256: 64597f81b5492fbdb18d97e53b45ad376d247d7a993f2daf41c6474c5cef62f5