How To Install u-boot-qemu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install u-boot-qemu on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 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 u-boot-qemu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install u-boot-qemu
How To Uninstall u-boot-qemu on Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install u-boot-qemu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
