How To Install bochsbios on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochsbios on Debian 9.
What is bochsbios
bochsbios is:
Bochs is a highly portable free IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.
This package contains the BIOS of the Bochs project.
There are three methods to install bochsbios on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bochsbios Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bochsbios using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bochsbios
Install bochsbios Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bochsbios using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bochsbios
Install bochsbios 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 bochsbios using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bochsbios
How To Uninstall bochsbios on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bochsbios package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bochsbios
Uninstall bochsbios And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bochsbios and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bochsbios
Remove bochsbios Configurations and Data
To remove bochsbios configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bochsbios
Remove bochsbios configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bochsbios configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bochsbios
Dependencies
bochsbios have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochsbios package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
