How to Install and Uninstall qemu-kvm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "qemu-kvm" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qemu-kvm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                qemu-kvm
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "qemu-kvm" package

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


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

Package: qemu-kvm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 90
Provides: kvm, qemu-kvm-spice
Depends: qemu-system-x86 (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51)
Conflicts: kvm, qemu-kvm-spice
Breaks: qemu-system-x86 (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-2~)
Replaces: qemu-kvm-spice, qemu-system-x86 (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-2~)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-kvm_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51_amd64.deb
Size: 7168
MD5sum: a40d8afc9b96d044593ff07feb06af05
SHA1: d2fdda14ba1f7c47469a6e9136ca46e6e7225f44
SHA256: 6f3f2a5b57276eab02d7ad08aabb8ed94907f95bb545e2fbb69111d50d2525da
SHA512: dfcb62f74373386f2083d2dbb99de6327d2fdff2b76bed1956df6a498f4841f20f711a1ccedf71d95dbef9552abd303dd2514e4a9417a626fc3a693e51632fa3
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU Full virtualization
QEMU is a fast processor emulator. This package depends on the
appropriate qemu-system-$arch to enable KVM to be run. It also
includes a script /usr/bin/kvm which runs the appropriate
qemu-system-$arch in kvm mode.
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Please note that old qemu-kvm configuration files (in /etc/kvm/) are
no longer used.
Description-md5: d8c3d0e3defbe70c37699d302bf1102e
Task: virt-host
Supported: 5y

Package: qemu-kvm
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 80
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Replaces: qemu-kvm-spice, qemu-system-x86 (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-2~)
Provides: kvm, qemu-kvm-spice
Depends: qemu-system-x86 (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10)
Conflicts: kvm, qemu-kvm-spice
Breaks: qemu-system-x86 (<< 1.7.0+dfsg-2~)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-kvm_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 7148
MD5sum: 26ebb789bbd71d2e0dbe35ab2ca1f259
SHA1: f09eebd76bd8309276acadbac1ad567193cbc21c
SHA256: dbdd47a1546ec9731285978b39eee89becd3f2907a8eeb5b12c9ac88bf350722
Description-en: QEMU Full virtualization
QEMU is a fast processor emulator. This package depends on the
appropriate qemu-system-$arch to enable KVM to be run. It also
includes a script /usr/bin/kvm which runs the appropriate
qemu-system-$arch in kvm mode.
.
Please note that old qemu-kvm configuration files (in /etc/kvm/) are
no longer used.
Description-md5: d8c3d0e3defbe70c37699d302bf1102e
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host