How To Install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7. qemu-system-arm is QEMU system emulator for ARM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7.

What is qemu-system-arm

QEMU is a generic and open source processor emulator which achieves a good emulation speed by using dynamic translation. This package provides the system emulator for ARM boards.

We can use yum or dnf to install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install qemu-system-arm.

Install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qemu-system-arm using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install qemu-system-arm

Install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install qemu-system-arm using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install qemu-system-arm

How To Uninstall qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the qemu-system-arm package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove qemu-system-arm

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-arm on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.