How To Install libvirt-daemon on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon on Debian 10.
What is libvirt-daemon
libvirt-daemon 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 daemon libvirtd to manage the hypervisors.
There are three methods to install libvirt-daemon on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvirt-daemon
Install libvirt-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvirt-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvirt-daemon
Install libvirt-daemon 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvirt-daemon
How To Uninstall libvirt-daemon on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvirt-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvirt-daemon
Uninstall libvirt-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvirt-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvirt-daemon
Remove libvirt-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove libvirt-daemon configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvirt-daemon
Remove libvirt-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvirt-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvirt-daemon
Dependencies
libvirt-daemon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvirt-daemon package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
