How To Install qemu-system-s390x on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-s390x on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qemu-system-s390x
qemu-system-s390x is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports s390x emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
This package provides the full system emulation binaries to emulate the following s390x hardware: s390x.
In system emulation mode QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor and various peripherals. It enables easier testing and debugging of system code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual machines on a single server.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-s390x on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-s390x 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-s390x using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-s390x
Install qemu-system-s390x Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-s390x using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-s390x
Install qemu-system-s390x 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-s390x using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-s390x
How To Uninstall qemu-system-s390x on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qemu-system-s390x package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-s390x
Uninstall qemu-system-s390x And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-s390x and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-s390x
Remove qemu-system-s390x Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-s390x configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-s390x
Remove qemu-system-s390x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-s390x configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-s390x
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-s390x package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
