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