How to Install and Uninstall libvmdk-utils Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: March 15,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libvmdk-utils" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libvmdk-utils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libvmdk-utils" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libvmdk-utils 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 libvmdk-utils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libvmdk-utils
Source: libvmdk (20200926-2)
Version: 20200926-2+b2
Installed-Size: 141
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libvmdk1 (>= 20150516)
Description: VMWare Virtual Disk format access library -- Utilities
Description-md5: 24361189efc5082ad89832a3d10f4727
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libvmdk
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvmdk/libvmdk-utils_20200926-2+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 38012
MD5sum: be73213a2447dfa477b43e3b58662941
SHA256: 85f80c6a9ab8fc56f803241f1a7d2ab6312f8632c4f7841e158b672fe146643e