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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "qemu-guest-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "qemu-guest-agent" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 qemu-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1172
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.77.3), libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libudev1 (>= 183), liburing2 (>= 2.3)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_8.2.1+ds-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 386980
MD5sum: 841b5ea3c4c783738ad22de643487787
SHA1: caa6887dbd839586dc5717439c2ec7c588e6fefd
SHA256: 4504128f6b16ea8c81bd1df47c6feb8f3acbdc38e7bbb5fc978cd8fcbd4bb8fa
SHA512: 57bce115ea49823511fabebb26a743db02e3f1cf35f3476308c4bcc245e188f965a89411d0c9d805550adebe07e613433b2e11386b2e07ebd62e2d7f8f64c16f
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c5d18e452bd7f7d1477905b4957a8f24