How to Install and Uninstall virtinst Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "virtinst" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install virtinst on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall virtinst on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                virtinst
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the virtinst package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: virtinst
Source: virt-manager
Version: 1:3.2.0-3
Installed-Size: 4443
Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: all
Replaces: virt-manager (<< 1:3.2.0-3~)
Depends: e2fsprogs, genisoimage, gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0, python3-gi, python3-libvirt (>= 0.4.6), python3-libxml2, python3-requests, python3:any
Recommends: libvirt-clients, qemu-utils, virt-viewer
Suggests: python3-argcomplete
Breaks: virt-manager (<< 1:3.2.0-3~)
Description: utilities to create and edit virtual machines
Description-md5: 09cfe8f7f5e1f2c11dbf7b6725c19207
Homepage: https://virt-manager.org/
Tag: admin::virtualization, implemented-in::python, role::program,
suite::openstack, system::cloud, system::virtual
Section: admin
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/v/virt-manager/virtinst_3.2.0-3_all.deb
Size: 749552
MD5sum: 379cc04c3c4f25ce7ef1f9699f88c03a
SHA256: 0f2032d67fdb16447773fb5fb11255b8c58369d69903c8514f5b394f5a6009a6