How To Install libvirt-clients-qemu on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-clients-qemu on Debian 12.
What is libvirt-clients-qemu
libvirt-clients-qemu 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 QEMU-specific client binaries.
There are three methods to install libvirt-clients-qemu on Debian 12. 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-clients-qemu 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-clients-qemu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-clients-qemu
Install libvirt-clients-qemu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-clients-qemu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-clients-qemu
Install libvirt-clients-qemu 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-clients-qemu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-clients-qemu
How To Uninstall libvirt-clients-qemu on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libvirt-clients-qemu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-clients-qemu
Uninstall libvirt-clients-qemu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-clients-qemu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-clients-qemu
Remove libvirt-clients-qemu Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-clients-qemu configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-clients-qemu
Remove libvirt-clients-qemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-clients-qemu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-clients-qemu
Dependencies
libvirt-clients-qemu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-clients-qemu package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
