How To Install qemu-user-static on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-user-static on Kali Linux.

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.

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 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-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 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 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

• qemu-user-static website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-user-static package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.