How To Install qemu-system-sparc on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-sparc on Kali Linux.
What is qemu-system-sparc
qemu-system-sparc is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports SPARC 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 sparc hardware: sparc sparc64.
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-sparc 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-sparc 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-sparc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-sparcInstall qemu-system-sparc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-sparc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-sparcInstall qemu-system-sparc 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-sparc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-sparcHow To Uninstall qemu-system-sparc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qemu-system-sparc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-sparcUninstall qemu-system-sparc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-sparc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-sparcRemove qemu-system-sparc Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-sparc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-sparcRemove qemu-system-sparc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-sparc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-sparcDependencies
qemu-system-sparc 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-sparc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
