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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "ovmf" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ovmf on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ovmf on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ovmf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ovmf package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: ovmf
Architecture: all
Version: 2023.05-2ubuntu0.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14915
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/main/e/edk2/ovmf_2023.05-2ubuntu0.1_all.deb
Size: 7756740
MD5sum: 31da5dcebd47ccb1f27f267a4f235120
SHA1: 84845fd47b2e7cca0c54e00e3f30615e5eb6e6a6
SHA256: e9fdf67f0ffd4cdcb5bc87a77fa48c1660d48ac66a3cfc0c53cfeed05c3f8c57
SHA512: c9447bdf8f203ce53d502de4d5c3a492051e7d9ccbef596045e7c5b0e7b8b9ef3f001230dc9c2fdb0a421e407cac16ecd2e1b0d6b9588723f869569df8dd026b
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac

Package: ovmf
Architecture: all
Version: 2023.05-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: misc
Source: edk2
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 14914
Replaces: qemu-system-common (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-3ubuntu4)
Filename: pool/main/e/edk2/ovmf_2023.05-2_all.deb
Size: 7756850
MD5sum: 13247d53e4db86988262ab6b575bd4e5
SHA1: 829ebabd79474b8ccde1c63cba862bbe33e323b6
SHA256: 514afa46e7b84e4acd91348a45105a091947d452cc557c30f963572a88e1d83b
SHA512: 85f0dbf08e09b5ad4367c55ceb576487f2242397836ab8eaaa5602496396feaefeda3d006c2bb306dee2d7e623aa467747e67f15ee531fe96742ecdb3ee6859f
Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org
Description: UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
Description-md5: f5518b7d256400637ca9512a6cfc4bac