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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "qemu-utils" package

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


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

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


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

Package: qemu-utils
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: 3458
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libnettle6, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), qemu-block-extra (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51)
Recommends: sharutils
Suggests: debootstrap
Conflicts: qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-user (<< 0.11.1-2)
Replaces: qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-user (<< 0.11.1-2)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-utils_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51_amd64.deb
Size: 581816
MD5sum: 4a76f0eb5df642123b56f8e3ad909871
SHA1: fc5de37adae988c4deaeb649513a4731232ef1ce
SHA256: f9d011f66c6d01734527c08b82f4a3f3ab8a48df54f7b2c0a81549491b6768f8
SHA512: c2ea7bbd2df5281967f09e363f0136d4f41bfd8d5a1a3fe078df06e03cf37695a1c5cf05e8807bcbc82aaa247e0a41041a92782f2e5e8a2b7e2f7c8352371be6
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU utilities
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4,
SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
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This package provides QEMU related utilities:
* qemu-img: QEMU disk image utility
* qemu-io: QEMU disk exerciser
* qemu-nbd: QEMU disk network block device server
Description-md5: 2c65298afe6300be7b1ce793bdf9fb81
Task: virt-host
Supported: 5y

Package: qemu-utils
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 3439
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Replaces: qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-user (<< 0.11.1-2)
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libc6 (>= 2.15), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libnettle6, libuuid1 (>= 2.16), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), qemu-block-extra (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10)
Recommends: sharutils
Suggests: debootstrap
Conflicts: qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-user (<< 0.11.1-2)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-utils_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 579028
MD5sum: a60bd8a4a35e3b382d9f3d1d0d9e62d2
SHA1: 762953bf02ec637a18bb425e121928920e2a9fdf
SHA256: cdddf20b0f1793699be819b57fed985c43889803170017eccd240fd12f53aa40
Description-en: QEMU utilities
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4,
SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This package provides QEMU related utilities:
* qemu-img: QEMU disk image utility
* qemu-io: QEMU disk exerciser
* qemu-nbd: QEMU disk network block device server
Description-md5: 2c65298afe6300be7b1ce793bdf9fb81
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host