How To Install virt-manager on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager on Debian 12.
What is virt-manager
virt-manager is:
The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt. It primarily targets KVM VMs, but also manages Xen and LXC (Linux containers). It presents a summary view of running domains, their live performance & resource utilization statistics. Wizards enable the creation of new domains, and configuration & adjustment of a domain’s resource allocation & virtual hardware. An embedded VNC and SPICE client viewer presents a full graphical console to the guest domain.
There are three methods to install virt-manager 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 virt-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install virt-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install virt-manager
Install virt-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install virt-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install virt-manager
Install virt-manager 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 virt-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install virt-manager
How To Uninstall virt-manager on Debian 12
To uninstall only the virt-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove virt-manager
Uninstall virt-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall virt-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove virt-manager
Remove virt-manager Configurations and Data
To remove virt-manager configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge virt-manager
Remove virt-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove virt-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge virt-manager
Dependencies
virt-manager have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-gtk-vnc-2.0
- gir1.2-gtksource-4
- gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0
- gir1.2-libvirt-glib-1.0
- gir1.2-vte-2.91
- python3-gi
- python3-gi-cairo
- python3-libvirt
- virtinst
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install virt-manager package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
