How to Install and Uninstall kvmtool Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "kvmtool" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install kvmtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall kvmtool on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kvmtool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kvmtool package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kvmtool
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kernel
Installed-Size: 221
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Riku Voipio
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.20151104-1
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libc6 (>= 2.15), libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libvncserver1 (>= 0.9.10), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/k/kvmtool/kvmtool_0.20151104-1_amd64.deb
Size: 81216
MD5sum: 39cf476433132f5d520f78d011a5b85f
SHA1: 9bdd0983da8cadb2a4c8b321da46257a2580d0a6
SHA256: 8d5956962d4455c586907d6fe34c5fe03e272f7345ff47e232ba51aa765f3ed7
Description-en: Native Linux KVM TOOL
kvmtool is a lightweight tool for hosting KVM guests. As a pure virtualization
tool it only supports guests using the same architecture, though it supports
running 32-bit guests on those 64-bit architectures that allow this.
Description-md5: 58d735333fbb40d18dbb5ebba4087d37
Homepage: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/will/kvmtool.git/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu