How to Install and Uninstall ovmf Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 14,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ovmf" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ovmf on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ovmf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ovmf" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ovmf 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 ovmf package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ovmf
Source: edk2
Version: 2022.11-6+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 14920
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/e/edk2/ovmf_2022.11-6+deb12u1_all.deb
Size: 7685064
SHA256: 2eaac5ec3d21e6f02abe466d50498f4b88c2920b5362a960d3782cd1bd75c78c

Package: ovmf
Source: edk2
Version: 2022.11-6
Installed-Size: 14919
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/edk2/ovmf_2022.11-6_all.deb
Size: 7681320
MD5sum: 47d0c8fa56394881bdf01ae598a7f0bf
SHA256: 50c92e2a9441cfdc5901710df0955a01058942555de27e54f75d183d52f57d27