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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libvirt-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to install libvirt-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvirt-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "libvirt-dev" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvirt-dev
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the libvirt-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvirt-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.31
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: libvirt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1154
Depends: libvirt0 (= 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.31), libxen-dev
Recommends: pkg-config
Replaces: libvirt-bin (<< 1.2.0~)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt-dev_1.3.1-1ubuntu10.31_amd64.deb
Size: 123726
MD5sum: 118ed82e889afea7da1c688351d35dbc
SHA1: a0804d90fae163a63bd79caca61f269cca036821
SHA256: 0223711b2031e0467b07dfcfc3a85246c7e383fca2a6e32c99b8a20909f80be3
SHA512: 8cc06c7083474b2ccae79344e4f1a63f45546d95d267886cff455b5ef4cee22b718c4e6bdc1b620ac7d78409c61927693677c67355917a196834787562ee6ef0
Homepage: http://libvirt.org
Description-en: development files for the libvirt library
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing
a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently
supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
.
This package contains the header files and static libraries which are
needed for developing the applications with libvirt.
Description-md5: 7e0bab852c890b732dbbdd941dc00165
Supported: 5y

Package: libvirt-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.27
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: libvirt
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1153
Depends: libvirt0 (= 1.3.1-1ubuntu10.27), libxen-dev
Recommends: pkg-config
Replaces: libvirt-bin (<< 1.2.0~)
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt-dev_1.3.1-1ubuntu10.27_amd64.deb
Size: 123322
MD5sum: 79ec3b522bb2e7a2544c986c6d35acaf
SHA1: f7c67aa34dc3aec5ec969156145a4ebd9073a119
SHA256: 5f8093ecc8a31c285104eab778f0e461761c9bf23e492a23b7f3409fbef489c8
SHA512: aca2448db1d628fe0e3cd68cd747bf2bb7b86ee461db40c3bb1b7929bc752ee802652b44aed53981787deec08d37d828eab16a5571afe9ebc74cb4016f9290e7
Homepage: http://libvirt.org
Description-en: development files for the libvirt library
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing
a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently
supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
.
This package contains the header files and static libraries which are
needed for developing the applications with libvirt.
Description-md5: 7e0bab852c890b732dbbdd941dc00165
Supported: 5y

Package: libvirt-dev
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 1150
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Libvirt Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libvirt
Version: 1.3.1-1ubuntu10
Replaces: libvirt-bin (<< 1.2.0~)
Depends: libvirt0 (= 1.3.1-1ubuntu10), libxen-dev
Recommends: pkg-config
Filename: pool/main/libv/libvirt/libvirt-dev_1.3.1-1ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 123286
MD5sum: aa05eaccedd35d3d05140cb0a844657a
SHA1: 783fff4f6e457f88617f03262665b85a7293ccf8
SHA256: 2346db6cf803ebbac18a04a1eda455096ee417d2c227f32a5c1b330d924fedfd
Description-en: development files for the libvirt library
Libvirt is a C toolkit to interact with the virtualization capabilities
of recent versions of Linux (and other OSes). The library aims at providing
a long term stable C API for different virtualization mechanisms. It currently
supports QEMU, KVM, XEN, OpenVZ, LXC, and VirtualBox.
.
This package contains the header files and static libraries which are
needed for developing the applications with libvirt.
Description-md5: 7e0bab852c890b732dbbdd941dc00165
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libvirt.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m