How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system-x86 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "qemu-system-x86" package

This is a short guide on how to install qemu-system-x86 on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install qemu-system-x86

2. Uninstall "qemu-system-x86" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall qemu-system-x86 on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove qemu-system-x86 $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the qemu-system-x86 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: qemu-system-x86
Source: qemu
Version: 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9
Installed-Size: 26303
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.28), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libcapstone3 (>= 3.0.0), libepoxy0 (>= 1.3), libfdt1, libgbm1 (>= 7.11~1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libibverbs1 (>= 1.1.6), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnettle6, libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), librdmacm1 (>= 1.0.15), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.0), libspice-server1 (>= 0.13.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libvdeplug2, libvirglrenderer0 (>= 0.7.0), libxendevicemodel1, libxenevtchn1, libxenforeignmemory1, libxengnttab1, libxenmisc4.11, libxenstore3.0 (>= 4.1.0~rc6), libxentoolcore1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 1:2.12~), qemu-system-data (>> 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9~), seabios (>= 1.10.2-1~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9), sgabios
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
Description-md5: 2ad3dd27a937f58ca5b2ffccbe9c63b3
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Recommends: qemu-system-gui (= 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9), qemu-utils, ovmf
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u9_amd64.deb
Size: 5879904
MD5sum: 84b5e21a40c737f8af08bf33d970d400
SHA256: 4c47edd4a664be40df71096eb3b61c5b357e497931e484fb91c1f4f7ba81f48a

Package: qemu-system-x86
Source: qemu
Version: 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8
Installed-Size: 26295
Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.28), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libcapstone3 (>= 3.0.0), libepoxy0 (>= 1.3), libfdt1, libgbm1 (>= 7.11~1), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.6), libibverbs1 (>= 1.1.6), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnettle6, libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), librdmacm1 (>= 1.0.15), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libseccomp2 (>= 2.3.0), libspice-server1 (>= 0.13.1), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libvdeplug2, libvirglrenderer0 (>= 0.7.0), libxendevicemodel1, libxenevtchn1, libxenforeignmemory1, libxengnttab1, libxenmisc4.11, libxenstore3.0 (>= 4.1.0~rc6), libxentoolcore1, zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 1:2.12~), qemu-system-data (>> 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8~), seabios (>= 1.10.2-1~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Recommends: qemu-system-gui (= 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8), qemu-utils, ovmf
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8), sgabios
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
Description-md5: 2ad3dd27a937f58ca5b2ffccbe9c63b3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Tag: uitoolkit::gtk, uitoolkit::ncurses, uitoolkit::sdl
Section: otherosfs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_3.1+dfsg-8+deb10u8_amd64.deb
Size: 5877016
MD5sum: cb6195aa47d8d05a35813176e2088def
SHA256: f80d4e9a2889f9d2acfe3014b96619ddb06daec5cf7932c6ccf14c800fbb4b3a