How to Install and Uninstall libqcow-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libqcow-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libqcow-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libqcow-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libqcow-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libqcow-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libqcow-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 1778
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Source: libqcow
Version: 20160123-2
Depends: libqcow1 (= 20160123-2)
Filename: pool/universe/libq/libqcow/libqcow-dev_20160123-2_amd64.deb
Size: 338300
MD5sum: e9332ab0b7a278dd54c9da7985c2949c
SHA1: a68579416442c475d6372534c82812c5a1bb00a6
SHA256: 3470f3e85ff0284271dac2096811d8e0614a6f636af804e9b479ca2207ca2f16
Description-en: QEMU Copy-On-Write image format access library -- development files
libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.
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This package includes the development support files.
Description-md5: 2877f7b721886c2ee0e85e11eae61928
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libqcow
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu