How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: July 08,2024

1. Install "qemu-system" package

Please follow the guidance below to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall qemu-system on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.8
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_5.0-5ubuntu9.8_amd64.deb
Size: 12244
MD5sum: b056f9e980c240b81a58f76a18b47621
SHA1: 8209e06fe0ee179297a7063c57ed209b274f4fea
SHA256: 76fe01be160babaebce094c85bcf3690cef91431f722e650e719c930353fb006
SHA512: 3097410769ef01540545ac3efba7049802a62c6c5972986553562064d22e1c87eae1201b5f89781cfdb6ddb0a37056742a22731a016b1fbdc24729c0a7d77ee2
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU full system emulation binaries
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4,
SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This metapackage provides the full system emulation binaries for all supported
targets, by depending on all per-architecture system emulation packages which
QEMU supports.
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0-5ubuntu9.6
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_5.0-5ubuntu9.6_amd64.deb
Size: 12252
MD5sum: e348f4b4afea032df4834d1cb6eb8874
SHA1: 77e41da2c4fe4bfd5f690a9b1e5a1b6cb9a3358d
SHA256: 29af3be4f5786e908997370b1ebdcd648577dafcb6ec758a37097e9536883e33
SHA512: eb54921b3ed4e4fd0d752aae7e04b2b98467f5c1dc49e5e043b8b94478e7086ff6d51ed20448ece697d4f6c5e10dc8b8890a7f4d7bf74d638b954f814445dbf9
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU full system emulation binaries
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4,
SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This metapackage provides the full system emulation binaries for all supported
targets, by depending on all per-architecture system emulation packages which
QEMU supports.
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:5.0-5ubuntu9
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: 124
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_5.0-5ubuntu9_amd64.deb
Size: 12248
MD5sum: e41fb58a3002edf3a4095b9dd2b24266
SHA1: 0cc2a3d628cf901e38972954856712a7ac69c30c
SHA256: 1d46b70b37b0bec99d03d3a1e2e19ae2a9bfff5c2b40ec79bed9d72a68bc8114
SHA512: 1d03e8d751d72912b1c39e58d61603e68ffb94c5cfe012080d1c6e29b60570398a0a46c5392abfd25e7ea51af689585f03f4fc932f469d5751aced6b986e2945
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU full system emulation binaries
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
ARM, CRIS, i386, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, MIPS, PowerPC, SH4,
SPARC and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This metapackage provides the full system emulation binaries for all supported
targets, by depending on all per-architecture system emulation packages which
QEMU supports.
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355