How to Install and Uninstall guestfish Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "guestfish" package

This is a short guide on how to install guestfish on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                guestfish
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "guestfish" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall guestfish on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                guestfish
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the guestfish package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: guestfish
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.50.1-4ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Source: libguestfs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1560
Depends: libguestfs0 (= 1:1.50.1-4ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libconfig9, libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtirpc3 (>= 1.0.2), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4)
Breaks: libguestfs-tools (<< 1:1.46)
Replaces: libguestfs-tools (<< 1:1.46)
Filename: pool/universe/libg/libguestfs/guestfish_1.50.1-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 634578
MD5sum: e1c3425509125cdc2f0c7f6431715e86
SHA1: c0d43a3ba8608c413ab0de0c182b647cdf7058e6
SHA256: 636c5323735a67e47163363e498dd4b54b0a60c9bc0ad0dce3aad61c430da4e5
SHA512: ff91e780e466428e10c87adeaf1ae6c421a19fdc3b7ee805943d7d5d4545bb925ba8b24ab9c110cdfc843da0fa68f3167ceeb4584e1469f8180d2a4859050dde
Homepage: http://libguestfs.org
Description: guest filesystem shell
Description-md5: fe3347006f63bfea9da9eb4d41b7fda0