How To Install u-boot-qemu on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is u-boot-qemu

u-boot-qemu is:

Das U-Boot is a cross-platform bootloader for embedded systems, used as the default boot loader by several board vendors. It is intended to be easy to port and to debug, and runs on many supported architectures, including PPC, ARM, MIPS, x86, m68k, NIOS, and Microblaze.

This package includes boot loaders for qemu/kvm.

Included platforms: qemu-ppce500 qemu-riscv64 qemu-riscv64_smode qemu-x86 qemu-x86_64 qemu_arm qemu_arm64

There are three methods to install u-boot-qemu 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 u-boot-qemu Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install u-boot-qemu

Install u-boot-qemu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install u-boot-qemu

Install u-boot-qemu 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 u-boot-qemu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install u-boot-qemu

How To Uninstall u-boot-qemu on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove u-boot-qemu

Uninstall u-boot-qemu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove u-boot-qemu

Remove u-boot-qemu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge u-boot-qemu

Remove u-boot-qemu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge u-boot-qemu

Dependencies

u-boot-qemu have the following dependencies:

References

• u-boot-qemu website

Summary

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