How To Install qemu-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
