How to Install and Uninstall qemu-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "qemu-guest-agent" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.40
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: 922
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.1), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Breaks: unattended-upgrades (<< 1.1ubuntu1.18.04.11)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.40_amd64.deb
Size: 234748
MD5sum: 86e821bd415e065df080ff44261179f5
SHA1: 12a8087c238a2c01ae43ed123fc3f96d7c1ff0c4
SHA256: c43b9ed92cc9d642a50cad1afbb6235ca2ccf6e4d9773b71aa9d7e768cc2a785
SHA512: cdb78c0a73dd69e7e962323e48cc72997673be4e19b04e86fd52bba49511a81e3619f1006df89486183e3069eb115bc26601ee41ff77a11b48e8dd7f4c909a5b
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7
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: 907
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.1), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 233084
MD5sum: d3d0dc0197d0c50bd68c64bd2fa3914d
SHA1: 61a805f0d66eae4fdb06b2b494ba0267de8be629
SHA256: 5f502b84c03b699258e42685de33ce1f5f28c84ef6836bd522c81ab6d85bb16d
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595