How to Install and Uninstall gnome-boxes Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "gnome-boxes" package

This is a short guide on how to install gnome-boxes on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gnome-boxes
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gnome-boxes" package

Learn how to uninstall gnome-boxes on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gnome-boxes
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnome-boxes package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: gnome-boxes
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.38.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4512
Depends: genisoimage, libosinfo-bin, libvirt-daemon, tracker (>= 2.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libarchive13 (>= 3.1.2), libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo2 (>= 1.6.0), libfreerdp2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20160317.1.75ae3f5+dfsg1), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.52.0), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.20), libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 (>= 0.5.1), libgtksourceview-4-0 (>= 2.91.4), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 165), libhandy-0.0-0 (>= 0.0.11), libosinfo-1.0-0 (>= 1.4.0~), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.44), libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 (>= 0.35), libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 (>= 0.32), libtracker-sparql-2.0-0 (>= 0.10.0), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libvirt-glib-1.0-0 (>= 3.0.0), libvte-2.91-0 (>= 0.40.2), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.26), libwinpr2-2 (>= 2.0.0~git20160317.1.75ae3f5+dfsg1), libxml2 (>= 2.7.8)
Recommends: qemu-system-x86
Breaks: libspice-server1 (<< 0.12.5-1.1~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-boxes/gnome-boxes_3.38.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 683540
MD5sum: 28cd09cb967f09e769c1810b96461002
SHA1: 5fae640ac4c869e7d5ad53b362d16bb620fd9adc
SHA256: 0c1bd066892d75d1d3598fdf9b5e6b988d14067719c8b15e0a084b0cd67883b3
SHA512: dcf1c377ea510f9dcc1f88672369e541cf345658fcd064360513bbc0ab70a200fabef033ccc78077323395995e484466c8d1843bc092740d6a6b77bca889ae33
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
Description-en: Simple GNOME app to access remote or virtual systems
GNOME Boxes is a desktop client to view or use local virtual machines,
remote physical machines, or remote virtual machines. Boxes is
intentionally simple and easy to use.
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Hardware virtualization is required to use local virtual machines.
Description-md5: 21904b7dceabc5964a6cd50a41645603