How To Install qemu-system-misc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc on Kali Linux.
What is qemu-system-misc
qemu-system-misc is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports ARM, CRIS, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, and SH4 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 various other hardware which did not made into separate packages. Emulators for the following architectures are provided: alpha avr cris hppa m68k microblaze microblazeel moxie nios2 or1k riscv32 riscv64 rx sh4 sh4eb s390x tricore xtensa xtensaeb.
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-misc 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-misc 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-misc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-miscInstall qemu-system-misc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-misc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-miscInstall qemu-system-misc 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-misc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-miscHow To Uninstall qemu-system-misc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qemu-system-misc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-miscUninstall qemu-system-misc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-misc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-miscRemove qemu-system-misc Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-misc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-miscRemove qemu-system-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-misc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-miscDependencies
qemu-system-misc have the following dependencies:
- libaio1
- libasound2
- libbrlapi0.8
- libc6
- libcacard0
- libcapstone4
- libepoxy0
- libfdt1
- libgbm1
- libgcc-s1
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libibverbs1
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libncursesw6
- libnettle8
- libnuma1
- libpixman-1-0
- libpmem1
- libpng16-16
- librdmacm1
- libsasl2-2
- libseccomp2
- libslirp0
- libspice-server1
- libtinfo6
- libudev1
- liburing1
- libusb-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.