How To Install qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux.
What is qemu-system-x86
qemu-system-x86 is:
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports i386 and x86-64 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 x86 hardware: i386 x86_64.
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.
On x86 host hardware this package also enables KVM kernel virtual machine usage on systems which supports it.
There are three methods to install qemu-system-x86 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-x86 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-x86 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-x86Install qemu-system-x86 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-x86 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-system-x86Install qemu-system-x86 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-x86 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-x86How To Uninstall qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the qemu-system-x86 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-x86Uninstall qemu-system-x86 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-system-x86 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-x86Remove qemu-system-x86 Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-system-x86 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-x86Remove qemu-system-x86 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-x86 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-x86Dependencies
qemu-system-x86 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-x86 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.