How To Install qemu-efi-aarch64 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-efi-aarch64
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is qemu-efi-aarch64
qemu-efi-aarch64 is:
qemu-efi-aarch64 is a build of EDK II for 64-bit ARM virtual machines. It includes full support for UEFI, including Secure Boot.
Package: qemu-efi-aarch64 Architecture: all Version: 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3 Priority: extra Section: misc Source: edk2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 133162 Breaks: qemu-efi (« 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-2) Filename: pool/main/e/edk2/qemu-efi-aarch64_0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3_all.deb Size: 2018360 MD5sum: 62545b8dc63c1af8df7d7743a0cccf64 SHA1: 5ca9523b19c8f1ac1b0bf085f2194a45139c68b5 SHA256: 7090f78220f1c893b891b92f092c343cb73cd9a3c22d9edf09a8fcfebfe4f1ad Homepage: http://www.tianocore.org Description-en: UEFI firmware for 64-bit ARM virtual machines qemu-efi-aarch64 is a build of EDK II for 64-bit ARM virtual machines. It includes full support for UEFI, including Secure Boot.
There are three methods to install qemu-efi-aarch64
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-efi-aarch64 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-efi-aarch64
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-efi-aarch64
Install qemu-efi-aarch64 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-efi-aarch64
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-efi-aarch64
Install qemu-efi-aarch64 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-efi-aarch64
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-efi-aarch64
How To Uninstall qemu-efi-aarch64 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the qemu-efi-aarch64
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-efi-aarch64
Uninstall qemu-efi-aarch64 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-efi-aarch64
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-efi-aarch64
Remove qemu-efi-aarch64 Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-efi-aarch64
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-efi-aarch64
Remove qemu-efi-aarch64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-efi-aarch64
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-efi-aarch64
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-efi-aarch64
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.