How To Install bochs-x on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-x on Ubuntu 20.04. bochs-x is X11 plugin for Bochs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-x on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bochs-x package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.