How To Install qemu-slof on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-slof
on Debian 10.
What is qemu-slof
qemu-slof is:
Slimline Open Firmware (SLOF) is an implementation of the IEEE 1275 standard. It can be used as partition firmware for pSeries machines running on QEMU or KVM.
There are three methods to install qemu-slof
on Debian 10. 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-slof 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-slof
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-slof
Install qemu-slof Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-slof
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-slof
Install qemu-slof 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 qemu-slof
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-slof
How To Uninstall qemu-slof on Debian 10
To uninstall only the qemu-slof
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-slof
Uninstall qemu-slof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-slof
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-slof
Remove qemu-slof Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-slof
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-slof
Remove qemu-slof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-slof
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-slof
Dependencies
qemu-slof have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-slof
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.