How To Install qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu.

What is `qemu-system-misc`

qemu-system-misc is:

QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports ARM, CRIS, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, and SH4 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.

This package provides the full system emulation binaries to emulate various other hardware which did not made into separate packages. Emulators for the following architectures are provided: alpha avr cris hppa m68k microblaze microblazeel nios2 or1k riscv32 riscv64 rx sh4 sh4eb tricore xtensa xtensaeb.

In system emulation mode QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor and various peripherals. It enables easier testing and debugging of system code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual machines on a single server.

There are three methods to install qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qemu-system-misc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-misc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-misc

Install qemu-system-misc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-misc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qemu-system-misc

Install qemu-system-misc 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-misc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-misc

How To Uninstall qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the qemu-system-misc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-misc

Uninstall qemu-system-misc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qemu-system-misc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-misc

Remove qemu-system-misc Configurations and Data

To remove qemu-system-misc configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-misc

Remove qemu-system-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-misc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-misc

Dependencies

qemu-system-misc have the following dependencies:

References

qemu-system-misc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.