How to Install and Uninstall qemu-block-extra Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "qemu-block-extra" package

This is a short guide on how to install qemu-block-extra on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                qemu-block-extra
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "qemu-block-extra" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall qemu-block-extra on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                qemu-block-extra
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-block-extra package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: qemu-block-extra
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: otherosfs
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 306
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcurl3-gnutls (>= 7.16.3), libiscsi7 (>= 1.18.0), libnfs14 (>= 4.0.0), librados2 (>= 0.72.2), librbd1 (>= 18.2.0-0ubuntu6), libssh-4 (>= 0.8.4), qemu-system-any (= 1:8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1) | qemu-utils (= 1:8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1)
Enhances: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-misc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-utils
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-block-extra_8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 109382
MD5sum: 7f774e0a85cf162b15a9ccac06bd579e
SHA1: db80937a28514f033b2823319b8ed39ec57cb197
SHA256: eed20ae15caeb25026181d2d0782cda4dfcbbe56fa6f08a20d3a2cd2d7b829ee
SHA512: bd9a9d23e414da44e51e456c67ed22d44fb5158b5a7d2926ea1c73f7fdcd365494c079e5ac7943ce1ebeaa20f3c772da3415e5d956abadab8c914c7e486fedde
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: extra block backend modules for qemu-system and qemu-utils
Description-md5: b5e1c6baef0716841da073a7551acbc5