How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system-x86 Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "qemu-system-x86" package

Learn how to install qemu-system-x86 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "qemu-system-x86" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall qemu-system-x86 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-system-x86 package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: qemu-system-x86
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: 31894
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbrlapi0.7, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libepoxy0 (>= 1.3), libfdt1 (>= 1.5.1), libgbm1 (>= 7.11~1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libibverbs1 (>= 28), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnettle7, libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpmem1 (>= 1.4), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), librdmacm1 (>= 1.0.15), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), libslirp0 (>= 4.0.0), libspice-server1 (>= 0.14.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libvirglrenderer1 (>= 0.8.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 1:2.12~), qemu-system-data (>> 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28~), ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms, seabios (>= 1.10.2-1~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Recommends: qemu-system-gui (= 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28), qemu-utils, ovmf, cpu-checker
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:4.2-3ubuntu6.28), sgabios
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_4.2-3ubuntu6.28_amd64.deb
Size: 6732856
MD5sum: 4ef77167625d000766dad95186707321
SHA1: 43413efeed392dec5b4ba684950fa4d96f7724e9
SHA256: d09f856d79a5e39f5fd70277b43d2788069700020704d7c24c205fa12ebdbc44
SHA512: 59a8469410e351478cd8bc9da2d7f6a1ba6f84e305c0adaa0e899b2b3c5b642f2cb84b0057cfc4ada0619837db76117afc433c8576d7d1fcbe070552485fec2b
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
Description-md5: 2ad3dd27a937f58ca5b2ffccbe9c63b3

Package: qemu-system-x86
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: 31855
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbrlapi0.7, libc6 (>= 2.29), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libepoxy0 (>= 1.3), libfdt1 (>= 1.5.1), libgbm1 (>= 7.11~1), libgcc-s1 (>= 4.7), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.12), libibverbs1 (>= 28), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libnettle7, libnuma1 (>= 2.0.11), libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpmem1 (>= 1.4), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), librdmacm1 (>= 1.0.15), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), libslirp0 (>= 4.0.0), libspice-server1 (>= 0.14.2), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libvirglrenderer1 (>= 0.8.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 1:2.12~), qemu-system-data (>> 1:4.2-3ubuntu6~), ipxe-qemu-256k-compat-efi-roms, seabios (>= 1.10.2-1~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Recommends: qemu-system-gui (= 1:4.2-3ubuntu6), qemu-utils, ovmf, cpu-checker
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:4.2-3ubuntu6), sgabios
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_4.2-3ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 6740528
MD5sum: ad43a210e3652f69031fbc565c19ff19
SHA1: 7b67b2472198fbe4b1e8b392e7a14d945c8d5064
SHA256: 6d368c35ee64cffe9467f114b67efa41af8334bcf6f8c13722c3f7f5e110e86a
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
Description-md5: 2ad3dd27a937f58ca5b2ffccbe9c63b3