How To Install qemu-user-static on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-user-static on Debian 9.
What is qemu-user-static
qemu-user-static 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 package provides the user mode emulation binaries, built statically. In this mode QEMU can launch Linux processes compiled for one CPU on another CPU.
If binfmt-support package is installed, qemu-user-static package will register binary formats which the provided emulators can handle, so that it will be possible to run foreign binaries directly.
There are three methods to install qemu-user-static on Debian 9. 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-user-static 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-user-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qemu-user-static
Install qemu-user-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-user-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qemu-user-static
Install qemu-user-static 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install qemu-user-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qemu-user-static
How To Uninstall qemu-user-static on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qemu-user-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qemu-user-static
Uninstall qemu-user-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qemu-user-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-user-static
Remove qemu-user-static Configurations and Data
To remove qemu-user-static configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-user-static
Remove qemu-user-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qemu-user-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-user-static
Dependencies
qemu-user-static have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-user-static package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.