How To Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Debian 11.
What is libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
libvirt-daemon-driver-xen is:
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 libvirtd connection driver for Xen.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon-driver-xen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon-driver-xen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon-driver-xen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon-driver-xen
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon-driver-xen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon-driver-xen package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
