How to Install and Uninstall qemu-guest-agent Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the qemu-guest-agent on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "qemu-guest-agent" package

Learn how to install qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall qemu-guest-agent on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.17
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: 842
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libudev1 (>= 183), liburing2 (>= 2.0), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.17_amd64.deb
Size: 251054
MD5sum: efb367a787fa9ac6692ef5864161bf20
SHA1: c5b5152543c73125ff595c29440175a77ed61dde
SHA256: b77a9b0f191c57932c3bd0f0d73da9e65eb3a9330db1472c64436d46f053130c
SHA512: 2b31dd706e3bea68b13eb66b3606d3af18b81f9729e3431bb618f3ea64a71e11991f74afd2263b670faa20d4d1fe236da0d97377c1521262f6f807550b4d1d32
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16
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: 841
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libudev1 (>= 183), liburing2 (>= 2.0), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16_amd64.deb
Size: 251266
MD5sum: ca1a20a89aa8fcc4a201c0d9e0bf5d14
SHA1: 371e4e020b436086e566ab3137c3594f98638509
SHA256: 3678ad58d79365d083e2c8478087c0a067583bb0bbc2c2333c87d7765c427db2
SHA512: 800773c8e137da04819dfa54aca32c0f4ff9a0dc9d7f783be1751b5f0e4fb4942ab6f20889d7a1637dc307a90d14ffe12b8abfc71c656cf78cb1979a770f6e6e
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595

Package: qemu-guest-agent
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6
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: 839
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.63.3), libudev1 (>= 183), liburing2 (>= 2.0), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6)
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-guest-agent_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 252478
MD5sum: 9261d90340029b65c3bbf9d50de74aca
SHA1: d044ff82d3cf0f5be4ffa5612eca9287b52ca78a
SHA256: 6cbecb79b966f1b4b5cc11540493a1f8bfb0a3993f4fbd9fd2c2f02f18419bba
SHA512: f1fff25ca9fdc097c99179fef991bbc4a54750f5c52a4f7ddd14768ac01ae4b913e4a4a043e914c5e53e08a2f27129d4220596e46eb648c2ba6315aa4fb7a9d3
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: Guest-side qemu-system agent
Description-md5: c2bc281a0e5a8e6c2185b336580fd595