How To Install qemu on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
3 minutes • 427 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu on Ubuntu.
What is qemu
qemu is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator. Once upon a time there was only one package named
qemu', with all functionality included. These days, qemu become large and has been split into numerous packages. Different packages provides entirely different services, and it is very unlikely one will need all of them together. So currentqemu’ package makes no sense anymore, and is becoming a dummy package.
If you want full system emulation of some architecture, install one or more of qemu-system-ARCH packages. If you want user-mode emulation, install qemu-user or qemu-user-static package. If you need utilities, use qemu-utils package.
This package can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install qemu 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu
Install qemu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu
Install qemu 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu
How To Uninstall qemu on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the qemu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu
Uninstall qemu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu
Remove qemu Configurations and Data
To remove qemu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu
Remove qemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu
Dependencies
qemu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.