How To Install qemu-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-utils on Kali Linux. qemu-utils is QEMU utilities

Introduction

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

What is qemu-utils

qemu-utils 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 QEMU related utilities:

  • qemu-img: QEMU disk image utility
  • qemu-io: QEMU disk exerciser
  • qemu-nbd: QEMU disk network block device server

There are three methods to install qemu-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qemu-utils

Install qemu-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qemu-utils

Install qemu-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qemu-utils

How To Uninstall qemu-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qemu-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qemu-utils

Uninstall qemu-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qemu-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-utils

Remove qemu-utils Configurations and Data

To remove qemu-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-utils

Remove qemu-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qemu-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-utils

Dependencies

qemu-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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