How To Install qemu-system-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is qemu-system-common
qemu-system-common is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4, SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
This package provides common files needed for target-specific full system emulation (qemu-system-*) packages.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-common
Install qemu-system-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-common
Install qemu-system-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-common
How To Uninstall qemu-system-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qemu-system-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-common
Uninstall qemu-system-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-common 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-common
Remove qemu-system-common Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-common
Remove qemu-system-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-common
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
