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

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "qemu-system" package

Please follow the steps below to install qemu-system on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                qemu-system
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "qemu-system" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall qemu-system 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 qemu-system package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: qemu-system
Source: qemu
Version: 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 68
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-misc
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Tag: admin::virtualization, hardware::emulation, implemented-in::c,
implemented-in::python, interface::commandline, interface::framebuffer,
interface::graphical, interface::shell, interface::text-mode,
interface::x11, role::program, role::shared-lib, scope::application,
suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual, uitoolkit::ncurses,
uitoolkit::sdl, x11::application
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system_7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 41384
MD5sum: bb8ee347a8306bd53e5ae3ac8d475bce
SHA256: db21b58b43e53e794d3424c20153bc886a9161f637cdaf1f43e166209581fcf7