How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "qemu-system" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.1
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: 132
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_6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 12728
MD5sum: 1bf736899e3b442c2c1f42553c8928c0
SHA1: 828f81e0bcbb5cee3874ed6b76688afdd068f044
SHA256: acc7d2b8b96d7034096f0f3d0b2af2dd2c0f3576d8abfc1347c8c010cb482cb4
SHA512: e883a17030f604030832951c6ff2ab1e39fbaf833c59915968f7aa44f366b71745cd5f2bc4c256d7a0139c691681120a68801d083500a7660dee80699b61d330
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.
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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: 1:6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1
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: 132
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_6.0+dfsg-2expubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 12710
MD5sum: ebc818652f44fb51a07e257549cac1fc
SHA1: 34eb1f9a191750461473446bc261f2925acb8c79
SHA256: 064d996bdb8f66abc3dc7e490c41adad00ce8558689ccb761452590be8094325
SHA512: cd1dea7113f31829ca9639f89f73fa03521a4152cae854dcf6a46cfad1d10939f247decf5a10171569520c5f46eba6987c409283e5278957b47014d6272a05fd
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