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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "vgabios" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install vgabios on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall vgabios 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 vgabios package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: vgabios
Version: 0.8a+ds-2
Installed-Size: 356
Maintainer: Stephen Kitt
Architecture: all
Description: VGA BIOS software for the Bochs emulated VGA card
Description-md5: afe312b1cc9d36b15e3ed6b3fcaa8c64
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/vgabios/
Tag: hardware::emulation, role::app-data
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/vgabios/vgabios_0.8a+ds-2_all.deb
Size: 33236
MD5sum: 8254b980403f273acaac670d86d13751
SHA256: 921cca705c76139df423782979c3e4fe93a246ae3adc143ba17a321decf3544b