How to Install and Uninstall ovmf Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ovmf" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install ovmf on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ovmf on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ovmf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ovmf package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ovmf
Architecture: all
Version: 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4132
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/e/edk2/ovmf_0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3_all.deb
Size: 1155476
MD5sum: 559538aafe45f1241e074632432108cd
SHA1: 152427357768e1cf3f2383995e517b309abc5ba4
SHA256: b2898dd6393d09a27b6fd9e2e544dc7f3e16ef94f4c7de36d7d3ee83d8828fd7
SHA512: 4048f0a494f561ec9e1b4f8b9b5a6fd541e3a8bb9c5b2e246b6f5d99ddff624b0a39ab61f3bfe53e25a6e3e4b908fcf779dbbc864b800db85853bb7a4b6b75f7
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac

Package: ovmf
Architecture: all
Version: 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4131
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/universe/e/edk2/ovmf_0~20180205.c0d9813c-2_all.deb
Size: 1156464
MD5sum: 436fe26ced8203e00af0f4b8b218a50f
SHA1: a2ebadb4b05a8dc2536cf390168e587b64c9b292
SHA256: 6c73c1b99fe745d95dd5fc3e1d09924018628d40d8cbad556696f2906d335636
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac