How to Install and Uninstall virtinst Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "virtinst" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install virtinst on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall virtinst on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 virtinst package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: virtinst
Architecture: all
Version: 1:2.2.1-4ubuntu2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Source: virt-manager
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 817
Depends: e2fsprogs, genisoimage, gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0, python3, python3-distutils, python3-gi, python3-libvirt (>= 0.4.6), python3-libxml2, python3-requests
Recommends: qemu-utils, virt-viewer
Filename: pool/universe/v/virt-manager/virtinst_2.2.1-4ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 182660
MD5sum: f90cc88717170b049ee4c8583070c58b
SHA1: 8fb910744059b71d7a1a197477d642285644f459
SHA256: dfa0b0cdc5084af0801c80a13b1fba8f6b55f8a1b5ab4fbf7a65ff846ea5e594
SHA512: d2a53ea9af627d94f70623622cc6784fce9c738d240b2f3a728a6f604a9d412ddc55a20aec697e50587bc69d6356f78601735c9f1a49773b9c2e50aa43c462d6
Homepage: http://virt-manager.org/
Description-en: Programs to create and clone virtual machines
Virtinst is a set of commandline tools to create virtual machines using
libvirt:
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virt-install: provision new virtual machines
virt-clone: clone existing virtual machines
virt-xml: edit libvirt XML using command line options.
virt-convert: convert virtual machines between formats
Description-md5: 41bcb36d75eb8e647e72efe3cbb09498