How to Install and Uninstall qemu-block-extra Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "qemu-block-extra" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qemu-block-extra on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "qemu-block-extra" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall qemu-block-extra on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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3. Information about the qemu-block-extra package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: qemu-block-extra
Source: qemu
Version: 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 316
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.3), libgfapi0 (>= 10.3), libiscsi7 (>= 1.18.0), libnfs13 (>= 1.11.0), librados2 (>= 16.2.11+ds), librbd1 (>= 16.2.6+ds), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.4), qemu-system-x86 (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-system-arm (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-system-mips (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-system-ppc (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-system-sparc (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-system-misc (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5) | qemu-utils (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5)
Enhances: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-misc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-utils
Description: extra block backend modules for qemu-system and qemu-utils
Description-md5: 2a9d1fab06fc3d6f649bc1fb06339800
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-block-extra_7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 96192
MD5sum: 6e1b1ff9d712b6e07e2facc48b35df22
SHA256: c7442073c02edbf2917c86aafb1eabc221d879df0aa24a1354509c4a355251d5