How To Install qemu-system-arm on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-arm on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qemu-system-arm
qemu-system-arm is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports ARM emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
This package provides the full system emulation binaries to emulate the following arm hardware: aarch64 arm.
In system emulation mode QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor and various peripherals. It enables easier testing and debugging of system code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual machines on a single server.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-arm on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install qemu-system-arm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-arm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-arm
Install qemu-system-arm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-arm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-arm
Install qemu-system-arm 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 qemu-system-arm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-arm
How To Uninstall qemu-system-arm on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qemu-system-arm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-arm
Uninstall qemu-system-arm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-arm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-arm
Remove qemu-system-arm Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-arm configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-arm
Remove qemu-system-arm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-arm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-arm
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-arm package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
