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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "seabios" package

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


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

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


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

Package: seabios
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 658
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: all
Version: 1.8.2-1ubuntu1
Breaks: qemu-kvm (<< 0.14.0), qemu-system (<< 0.14.0)
Filename: pool/main/s/seabios/seabios_1.8.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 112532
MD5sum: 4c2c2bf6aa6d8bd26f90aa21a4ac4e0f
SHA1: 8ecea474883271224e9b892fbb27240673b27d37
SHA256: 165cc940946eec2bfce21a066148836182e11b3ca4671dd820947a1dd3b047d6
Description-en: Legacy BIOS implementation
SeaBIOS is a legacy BIOS implementation, aimed at supporting not only
emulated hosts such as QEMU, but also real hardware.
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Note, however, that SeaBIOS does not handle early initialization of core
chipsets, so don't even think of flashing it to your board (look at
Coreboot for that).
Description-md5: 3c57ad8dc4b7367cefa8a011ed0fc235
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.seabios.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host