How To Install qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 cris lm32 m68k microblaze microblazeel moxie nios2 or1k sh4 sh4eb tricore xtensa xtensaeb unicore32.
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 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-misc 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-misc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-misc
Install qemu-system-misc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-misc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-misc
Install qemu-system-misc 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-misc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-misc
How To Uninstall qemu-system-misc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the qemu-system-misc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-misc
Uninstall qemu-system-misc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-misc 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-misc
Remove qemu-system-misc Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-misc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-misc
Remove 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-misc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-misc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
