How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "qemu-system" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                qemu-system
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "qemu-system" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall qemu-system on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                qemu-system
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-system package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.40
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 113
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-s390x, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-system_2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7.40_amd64.deb
Size: 12256
MD5sum: 49189a822596b38eb98093b2a9d62d3d
SHA1: 96eb8084ecef5bf967aa13b83e5a4c5d8663f9ab
SHA256: 0c1bed78a9a58d80b4d4417f6aa78d6ebe003a5d974835e52fb6d312609c8ebb
SHA512: 7b24e2700518801efff5225dbc841babaebd8833b0a7ca4be0d979c00896762a02efb6d915bd75080ee0674b7b0f397c56a05ea1b32f9b6d21514ffbc42c9aa3
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 104
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-s390x, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/universe/q/qemu/qemu-system_2.11+dfsg-1ubuntu7_amd64.deb
Size: 12252
MD5sum: 64e05f8ff6d07b2d317cce62d839cf41
SHA1: 9ef91332602231e425fe4ef67bd2cc37ea70dc7f
SHA256: 38554b0b995ebdae8651a986fa68947cd592579d35be66f7eda7d3d9b8268dc9
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355