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

Last updated: May 09,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "qemu-user" package

Please follow the guidance below to install qemu-user on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "qemu-user" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall qemu-user 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-user package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: qemu-user
Source: qemu
Version: 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 100599
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcapstone4 (>= 4), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.61.2), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.2), libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), liburing2 (>= 2.3), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: qemu-user-binfmt
Description: QEMU user mode emulation binaries
Description-md5: b7a34d8d1377ca0beb573e0e2b4ce914
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Tag: admin::kernel, admin::virtualization, devel::lang:c, devel::lang:python,
devel::library, implemented-in::c, implemented-in::python,
interface::commandline, role::devel-lib, role::program,
scope::application, suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-user_7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 12736428
MD5sum: 8c168d5768f06d44eb9fe73ca2302c12
SHA256: 21962c680cb8dca61fea4ef14a3bcfab6f2bd07beaf40414fbc35eeb2c27a0b8