How to Install and Uninstall qemu-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "qemu-guest-agent" package

Please follow the instructions below to install qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                qemu-guest-agent
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-guest-agent package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28
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: 703
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.1), libudev1 (>= 183), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_4.2-3ubuntu6.28_amd64.deb
Size: 193568
MD5sum: 364ba977152a1e16724005f9d299467f
SHA1: e2ee92e1fd7bdf3a9b15d2572efbaf457f8bc1c7
SHA256: b290884a6e961e39ef01b837800fcc9954cd8ba7618e066e363777b79e70e4d3
SHA512: 1abeacd857e7319d91aa9ccf760a671f95e665578a74f9eea6e677ec27049d121773f01a247cb4188b37e37ce16d11a62dfb3c9dfa91db0057dc452ba71fc296
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6
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: 696
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.28), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.1), libudev1 (>= 183), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_4.2-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 195896
MD5sum: ef78f476733614dfcf3fb539a76287c0
SHA1: 654a62deab4ce1f32604c57d7db2c73e4004dcb6
SHA256: 553462304534a6a8be66e8c08a2b62c27ad81c7dbe6736c6255ceb92267275f0
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595