How to Install and Uninstall virt-manager Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "virt-manager" package

This is a short guide on how to install virt-manager on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "virt-manager" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall virt-manager 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 virt-manager package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: virt-manager
Version: 1:4.1.0-2
Installed-Size: 2296
Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>= 3.10), gir1.2-gtk-vnc-2.0, gir1.2-gtksource-4, gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0, gir1.2-libvirt-glib-1.0, gir1.2-vte-2.91, python3-gi (>= 3.31.3~), python3-gi-cairo, python3-libvirt (>= 0.7.1), virtinst (= 1:4.1.0-2), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, python3:any
Recommends: gir1.2-ayatanaappindicator3-0.1 | gir1.2-appindicator3-0.1, gir1.2-spiceclientglib-2.0, gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0, libvirt-daemon-system (>= 1.2.7)
Suggests: gir1.2-secret-1, gnome-keyring, python3-guestfs, ssh-askpass, virt-viewer
Description: desktop application for managing virtual machines
Description-md5: 50a97bc762eb5e42380071b9f6045b6c
Homepage: https://virt-manager.org/
Tag: admin::monitoring, admin::virtualization, implemented-in::python,
interface::graphical, interface::x11, role::program, scope::utility,
system::virtual, uitoolkit::gtk, x11::application
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/virt-manager/virt-manager_4.1.0-2_all.deb
Size: 281196
MD5sum: 069831192ef25a54288a8297f37268ef
SHA256: 3896e848f3426d7a480fc49a8d91d617d9839eae8e754fb6928ce6a77f8f4158