How To Install qemu-system-data on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-data
on Ubuntu 22.04.
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.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-data
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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 22.04
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 22.04, 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 22.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-data
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.