How To Install libqcow1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqcow1 on Debian 11.
What is libqcow1
libqcow1 is:
libqcow is a library to access the QEMU Copy-On-Write (QCOW) image format.
This package contains the shared library.
There are three methods to install libqcow1 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 libqcow1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libqcow1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libqcow1
Install libqcow1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libqcow1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libqcow1
Install libqcow1 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 libqcow1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libqcow1
How To Uninstall libqcow1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libqcow1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libqcow1
Uninstall libqcow1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libqcow1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libqcow1
Remove libqcow1 Configurations and Data
To remove libqcow1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libqcow1
Remove libqcow1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libqcow1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libqcow1
Dependencies
libqcow1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libqcow1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.