How To Install bochs-x on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-x on Debian 9.
What is bochs-x
bochs-x is:
Bochs is a highly portable free IA-32 (x86) PC emulator written in C++, that runs on most popular platforms. It includes emulation of the Intel x86 CPU, common I/O devices, and a custom BIOS.
This package contains an X11 GUI plugin for Bochs.
There are three methods to install bochs-x on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bochs-x Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bochs-x using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bochs-x
Install bochs-x Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bochs-x using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bochs-x
Install bochs-x 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 bochs-x using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bochs-x
How To Uninstall bochs-x on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bochs-x package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bochs-x
Uninstall bochs-x And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bochs-x and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bochs-x
Remove bochs-x Configurations and Data
To remove bochs-x configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bochs-x
Remove bochs-x configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bochs-x configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bochs-x
Dependencies
bochs-x have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-x package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.