How to Install and Uninstall gnome-boxes Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "gnome-boxes" package

Please follow the instructions below to install gnome-boxes on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall gnome-boxes on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gnome-boxes
Priority: optional
Section: universe/gnome
Installed-Size: 5066
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.18.1-1.1
Depends: libarchive13, libc6 (>= 2.7), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.25.2), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.39.4), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.16.2), libgtk-vnc-2.0-0 (>= 0.5.1), libgudev-1.0-0 (>= 165), libosinfo-1.0-0 (>= 0.2.12~), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.41.90), libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 (>= 0.28), libspice-client-gtk-3.0-4 (>= 0.21), libtracker-sparql-1.0-0 (>= 0.10.0), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libvirt-glib-1.0-0 (>= 0.2.2~), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, mtools, libosinfo-bin, libvirt-daemon, tracker (>= 1.0)
Recommends: qemu-system-x86
Breaks: libspice-server1 (<< 0.12.5-1.1~)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gnome-boxes/gnome-boxes_3.18.1-1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 836298
MD5sum: 5440426d551a820bd528b94df1badc89
SHA1: b38dc1450d4c96fb06c6a8ff60bc19141005f61c
SHA256: 28b67d9e323c03ffdb3dd25268b84e43674fd45d9adf929a7b79b693c5825163
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
Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Boxes
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu