How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "qemu-system" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall qemu-system on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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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 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 125
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-s390x, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system_4.2-3ubuntu6.28_amd64.deb
Size: 12248
MD5sum: 90587238d630e49f882d8699fda932b8
SHA1: ff39b2c4b2371f031848ce65306b98956ffa53d5
SHA256: cc5e6024fcb756af52088ae82b1063d86267b1d1e850a76626b1c8dad25d38e0
SHA512: 0bb5d8ecc3f7487c0cf8926c876a50462c813b07b8b4f72eccee92586f8f70d61a7c0a7f63819d1c6947eec990fdc39e3a5f93931193b89560a90f1988d5fe96
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.2-3ubuntu6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Source: qemu
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 118
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-s390x, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system_4.2-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 12244
MD5sum: 70bd9bcd6b2083abb70fb77902e09af8
SHA1: 20ed7556f6ceef3b0e2be19ebfd30d53b55f543b
SHA256: 439de705e07bb4aa59f51e85ee029610ac3e82cd15f4265de426ac7673252317
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355