How to Install and Uninstall grub-firmware-qemu Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "grub-firmware-qemu" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install grub-firmware-qemu on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "grub-firmware-qemu" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall grub-firmware-qemu 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 grub-firmware-qemu package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: grub-firmware-qemu
Source: grub2
Version: 2.06-13+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 2012
Maintainer: GRUB Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Recommends: qemu-system-x86
Enhances: qemu-system-x86
Description: GRUB firmware image for QEMU
Description-md5: cc3754b92a7e1d8e16c04265627088b6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/grub/
Tag: admin::boot, admin::virtualization, implemented-in::python,
role::app-data, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/grub2/grub-firmware-qemu_2.06-13+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 781836
MD5sum: 7f232cec4502fbbca5ad2a854446c1db
SHA256: 3d97175772a3c130262c42d85f51966cd2d01c58f7fea61350feda47ed948586