How To Install aqemu on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install aqemu on Kali Linux.

What is aqemu

aqemu is:

aqemu is a Qt5 graphical interface used to manage QEMU and KVM virtual machines. It has a user-friendly interface and allows one to set up the majority of QEMU and KVM options.

There are three methods to install aqemu on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install aqemu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install aqemu using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install aqemu

Install aqemu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install aqemu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install aqemu

Install aqemu Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install aqemu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install aqemu

How To Uninstall aqemu on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the aqemu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove aqemu

Uninstall aqemu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall aqemu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove aqemu

Remove aqemu Configurations and Data

To remove aqemu configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge aqemu

Remove aqemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove aqemu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge aqemu

Dependencies

aqemu have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6
• libvncclient1
• libqt5dbus5
• qemu-kvm

References

• aqemu website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install aqemu package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.