How to Install and Uninstall qemu-user-binfmt Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "qemu-user-binfmt" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install qemu-user-binfmt on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall qemu-user-binfmt on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                qemu-user-binfmt
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-user-binfmt package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: qemu-user-binfmt
Source: qemu
Version: 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 66
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: qemu-user (= 1:5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2), 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_5.2+dfsg-11+deb11u2_amd64.deb
Size: 3664
MD5sum: 673e2b874c60cdb2e54a7b092df611a6
SHA256: 7f3c59c661c26c1766bdd3b7f663049466492fa2bdd6a25443539efd36f6d9e2