How To Install qemu-system on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system on Kali Linux.
What is qemu-system
qemu-system 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 metapackage provides the full system emulation binaries for all supported targets, by depending on all per-architecture system emulation packages which QEMU supports.
There are three methods to install qemu-system on Kali Linux. 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 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-systemInstall qemu-system Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-systemInstall qemu-system Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-systemHow To Uninstall qemu-system on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qemu-system package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-systemUninstall qemu-system And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-systemRemove qemu-system Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-systemRemove qemu-system configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-systemDependencies
qemu-system have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.