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

Last updated: March 15,2025

You can also install and uninstall the qemu-system-xen 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-xen" package

This is a short guide on how to install qemu-system-xen on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall qemu-system-xen on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-system-xen package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: qemu-system-xen
Source: qemu
Version: 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 14940
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfdt1 (>= 1.6.1), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.67.3), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libspice-server1 (>= 0.14.2), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.23~), libxendevicemodel1 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), libxenevtchn1 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), libxenforeignmemory1 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), libxengnttab1 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), libxenmisc4.17 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), libxenstore4 (>= 4.16.0), libxentoolcore1 (>= 4.17.3+10-g091466ba55), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-data (>> 1:7.2+dfsg~), seabios, ipxe-qemu
Recommends: qemu-utils, ovmf
Description: QEMU full system emulation (Xen helper package)
Description-md5: aa7dcd7497006c10704a348f8ff89e3a
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-xen_7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 2751172
MD5sum: 9220f6cffcbbcaad82937f185ab08fd9
SHA256: 5d9d399bcbf3694ed63d1ba7767447c05ffd04a2ff1bd09e288f86b35e3ca1e6