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General Questions • [Software] Can I uninstall qemu packages on my desktop Debian 12?

I am unsure if my desktop PC Debian 12 Kernel: 6.1.0-27-amd64 + KDE usage requires qemu packages, though these are quite often updated:
qemu-block-extra: Provides additional block device drivers for QEMU.
qemu-system: The main QEMU system emulator.
qemu-system-arm: QEMU system emulator for ARM architectures.
qemu-system-common: Common files for QEMU system emulators.
qemu-system-data: Data files for QEMU system emulators.
qemu-system-gui: Graphical user interface for QEMU system emulators.
qemu-system-mips: QEMU system emulator for MIPS architectures.
qemu-system-misc: QEMU system emulator for other architectures.
qemu-system-ppc: QEMU system emulator for PowerPC architectures.
qemu-system-sparc: QEMU system emulator for SPARC architectures.
I have installed a virtualization (like virt-manager, boxes?) before but I am no longer using it, nor having it installed:
$ apt list virt-manager boxes

Code:

boxes/stable 2.2.0-2 amd64boxes/stable 2.2.0-2 i386virt-manager/stable,stable 1:4.1.0-2 all
apt-mark showauto | grep qemu

Code:

ipxe-qemuqemu-block-extraqemu-efi-aarch64qemu-efi-armqemu-system-armqemu-system-commonqemu-system-dataqemu-system-guiqemu-system-mipsqemu-system-miscqemu-system-ppcqemu-system-sparcqemu-system-x86qemu-utils
$ apt-mark showmanual | grep qemu

Code:

qemu-system
$ aptitude why qemu-utils

Code:

i   qemu-system     Depends    qemu-system-x86i A qemu-system-x86 Recommends qemu-utils     
$ aptitude why qemu-system

Code:

i   devscripts  Suggests autopkgtestp   autopkgtest Suggests qemu-system
$ sudo apt autoremove

Code:

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
$ apt-get remove -s qemu-system # simulate removal of only manually installed package:

Code:

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:  ipxe-qemu libbrlapi0.8 libcacard0 libcapstone4 libdaxctl1 libexecs0 libfdt1 libiscsi7 libndctl6 libpmem1 librbd1 libslirp0 libspice-server1 libusbredirparser1 libvdeplug2 libvirglrenderer1 ovmf qemu-block-extra qemu-efi-aarch64  qemu-efi-arm qemu-system-arm qemu-system-common qemu-system-data qemu-system-gui qemu-system-mips qemu-system-misc qemu-system-ppc qemu-system-sparc qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils seabiosUse 'apt autoremove' to remove them.The following packages will be REMOVED:  qemu-system0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.Remv qemu-system [1:7.2+dfsg-7+deb12u9]
Can you please answer my question and tell me what i am seeing and what may be done?

Statistics: Posted by postcd — 2024-12-07 07:46 — Replies 1 — Views 47



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