How To Install gxemul on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install gxemul on Debian 11. gxemul is machine emulator for multiple architectures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gxemul on Debian 11.

What is gxemul

gxemul is:

GXemul aims at emulating complete machines with enough hardware emulated to run real unmodified operating systems. The emulation of these machine types is good enough to run a least one guest operating system:

ARM-based machines:

  • CATS (NetBSD/cats, OpenBSD/cats)
  • IQ80321 (NetBSD/evbarm)
  • NetWinder (NetBSD/netwinder) MIPS-based machines:
  • DECstation 5000/200 (NetBSD/pmax, OpenBSD/pmax, Ultrix, Linux/DECstation, Sprite)
  • Acer Pica-61 (NetBSD/arc)
  • NEC MobilePro 770, 780, 800, 880 (NetBSD/hpcmips)
  • Cobalt (NetBSD/cobalt)
  • Malta (NetBSD/evbmips, Linux/Malta)
  • Algorithmics P5064 (NetBSD/algor)
  • SGI O2 (aka IP32) (NetBSD/sgi) Motorola 88K-based machines:
  • Motorola MVME187 (OpenBSD/mvme88k)
  • Luna 88K (OpenBSD/luna88k) PowerPC-based machines:
  • IBM 6050/6070 (PReP, PowerPC Reference Platform) (NetBSD/prep)
  • MacPPC (generic “G4” Macintosh) (NetBSD/macppc)
  • Artesyn PM/PPC (NetBSD/pmppc) SuperH-based machines:
  • Sega Dreamcast (NetBSD/dreamcast, Linux/dreamcast)
  • Landisk I-O DATA USL-5P (OpenBSD/landisk)

Other machine types and architectures are emulated less completely. See the documentation in the gxemul-doc package for the exact details and guides to installing guest operating systems.

There are three methods to install gxemul on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gxemul Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gxemul

Install gxemul Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gxemul

Install gxemul 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 gxemul using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gxemul

How To Uninstall gxemul on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove gxemul

Uninstall gxemul And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gxemul and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gxemul

Remove gxemul Configurations and Data

To remove gxemul configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gxemul

Remove gxemul configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gxemul

Dependencies

gxemul have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gxemul package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.