How to Install and Uninstall seabios Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "seabios" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install seabios on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                seabios
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "seabios" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall seabios on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                seabios
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the seabios package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: seabios
Version: 1.16.2-1
Installed-Size: 862
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: all
Description: Legacy BIOS implementation
Description-md5: 3c57ad8dc4b7367cefa8a011ed0fc235
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.seabios.org
Tag: role::app-data
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/seabios/seabios_1.16.2-1_all.deb
Size: 162656
MD5sum: e177e0cef6cbcb3ee807090c61dcf450
SHA256: 08e5b3f761379f17a6051731cafa03e97686049e2cc1b8bdccc5a910646e2d8e