How To Install qemu-system-data on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-data on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is qemu-system-data
qemu-system-data is:
This package provides architecture-neutral data files (such as keyboard definitions, icons) for system-mode QEMU emulation (qemu-system-*) packages.
Package: qemu-system-data Architecture: all Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: otherosfs Source: qemu Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2874 Provides: qemu-keymaps, qemu-skiboot, sgabios Conflicts: qemu-skiboot, sgabios Breaks: qemu-system-s390x (« 1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1~) Replaces: qemu-system-common (« 1:2.12+dfsg-2~), qemu-system-s390x (« 1:3.1+dfsg-2ubuntu1~), sgabios Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-data_4.2-3ubuntu6_all.deb Size: 564836 MD5sum: 203873457964325d0317e477c5a9a781 SHA1: cc84a80cf7dce5e4599973a891369f220fceea43 SHA256: 4618ad8391aca5bf0ce40c82be6a2c5d5a89421556914b33fabaf43df112ab83 Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/ Description-en: QEMU full system emulation (data files) This package provides architecture-neutral data files (such as keyboard definitions, icons) for system-mode QEMU emulation (qemu-system-*) packages.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-data 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-system-data 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-system-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-data
Install qemu-system-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-data
Install qemu-system-data 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-system-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-data
How To Uninstall qemu-system-data on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the qemu-system-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-data
Uninstall qemu-system-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-data
Remove qemu-system-data Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-data configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-data
Remove qemu-system-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-data
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-data package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
