How To Install bochs-bios on Fedora 36

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-bios on Fedora 36.

What is bochs-bios

Bochs BIOS is a free implementation of a x86 BIOS provided by the Bochs project. It can also be used in other emulators, such as QEMU

We can use yum or dnf to install bochs-bios on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bochs-bios.

Install bochs-bios on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bochs-bios using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bochs-bios

Install bochs-bios on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bochs-bios using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bochs-bios

How To Uninstall bochs-bios on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the bochs-bios package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove bochs-bios

bochs-bios Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-kvm
/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-latest
/usr/share/bochs/BIOS-bochs-legacy
/usr/share/bochs/SeaBIOS-README
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-elpin-2.40
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-elpin-LICENSE
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-README
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest-banshee
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest-cirrus
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest-cirrus-debug
/usr/share/bochs/VGABIOS-lgpl-latest-debug
/usr/share/bochs/bios.bin-1.13.0
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-cirrus
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-cirrus.bin-1.13.0
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-isavga
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-qxl
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-stdvga
/usr/share/bochs/vgabios-vmware

References

• bochs-bios website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-bios on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).