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

Last updated: January 09,2025

You can also install and uninstall the qemu-user-binfmt 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-binfmt" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall qemu-user-binfmt 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-binfmt package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: qemu-user-binfmt
Source: qemu
Version: 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: qemu-user (= 1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5), systemd | binfmt-support
Conflicts: qemu-user-static
Breaks: binfmt-support (<< 2.1.7~)
Description: QEMU user mode binfmt registration for qemu-user
Description-md5: b9d172841422ce933839d1a34cce7b20
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-user-binfmt_7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 5356
MD5sum: 2871c7303d236bb462a0d27fa56cf16c
SHA256: fed0acc5b08bd0f2d90adb589db8d7ab808f7089eaf2328f658418011dd1dcbb