How to Install and Uninstall guestfs-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "guestfs-tools" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install guestfs-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "guestfs-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall guestfs-tools 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 guestfs-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: guestfs-tools
Version: 1.48.2-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 30308
Maintainer: Hilko Bengen
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libguestfs-tools (<< 1:1.46)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.35), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libguestfs0 (>= 1:1.43.3), libjansson4 (>= 2.14), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpcre2-8-0 (>= 10.22), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libvirt0 (>= 0.4.0), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), perl:any, libguestfs-perl, libintl-perl, libstring-shellquote-perl, libsys-virt-perl, libwin-hivex-perl, curl
Recommends: virt-p2v, gnupg, libguestfs-tools (>= 1:1.46)
Breaks: libguestfs-tools (<< 1:1.46)
Description: guest disk image management system - tools
Description-md5: ed6bd6bdc9905b545cffd9cdfa793d00
Homepage: https://libguestfs.org
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/guestfs-tools/guestfs-tools_1.48.2-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 4050924
MD5sum: 05c08a1b06ace9b46452a8465a601dce
SHA256: 23d2402df057c4f9f6d37d963102e298221ecb3613192341f9b30afd15128f7a