How to Install and Uninstall libvirt-daemon Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libvirt-daemon" package

This is a short guide on how to install libvirt-daemon on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvirt-daemon" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libvirt-daemon 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 libvirt-daemon package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvirt-daemon
Source: libvirt
Version: 9.0.0-4
Installed-Size: 1758
Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libvirt-daemon-system (<< 6.9.0-3~)
Depends: libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt0 (= 9.0.0-4), libacl1 (>= 2.2.23), libblkid1 (>= 2.17.2), libc6 (>= 2.34), libdevmapper1.02.1 (>= 2:1.02.97), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.91), libparted2 (>= 3.1), libpcap0.8 (>= 1.5.1), libpciaccess0, libselinux1 (>= 3.1~), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libudev1 (>= 183), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Recommends: libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-driver-vbox (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-driver-xen (= 9.0.0-4), libxml2-utils, lvm2, mount, netcat-openbsd, qemu-kvm | qemu-system
Suggests: libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-gluster (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-iscsi-direct (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-rbd (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-driver-storage-zfs (= 9.0.0-4), libvirt-daemon-system (= 9.0.0-4), numad
Enhances: qemu-kvm, qemu-system, xen
Breaks: libvirt-clients (<< 6.9.0-2~), libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc (<< 6.9.0-2~), libvirt-daemon-system (<< 6.9.0-3~), libvirt-sanlock (<< 6.9.0-2~)
Description: Virtualization daemon
Description-md5: f633393919dd0d9ae0c06cf15068e5ea
Homepage: https://libvirt.org/
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt-daemon_9.0.0-4_amd64.deb
Size: 487740
MD5sum: 5336df840439e3c6364064e3dec54ad7
SHA256: 7850ee170405ac3332031b5d41f93d8b15dfd7601ad396a891c1ccb9a594d977