How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the qemu-system on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "qemu-system" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall qemu-system on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-system package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.17
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: 139
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_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.17_amd64.deb
Size: 12728
MD5sum: 216a60a167fd70f96c01e31697ce7e7d
SHA1: 3bcdd2f0b276cf231e107e3acdc7b1cedc8f6a3c
SHA256: 1e9f59f1bd3f1669f1495f323e2ec28109a7e0661e4ddf2f54135bf3bbff8604
SHA512: cf0d36e40bd3f8b45ad036a03c6bfbcba16d73233b0d5a34d4262fde1d5f9a63e9b3cebd362d91c75180c26134f2aba324dd819a9d68de4dea61dad6050ae4e8
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16
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: 138
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_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6.16_amd64.deb
Size: 12724
MD5sum: f9bdcbb47043cdd20ef3c81ae3fb515b
SHA1: b0eff894b42183efb9f2fa0915151171037e211b
SHA256: 0160307df7dee5e3618dd2c385c5febca12a074ccac6570bfa04f1d02b31da58
SHA512: ee54381a0680dabbe1f64427008e0f5750484be910fa9c215a36008dd6c3645112c0049f3dde82e735f5926a5f287fa045aa0bf8db526a2a41cd095f5b132821
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6
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: 136
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_6.2+dfsg-2ubuntu6_amd64.deb
Size: 12722
MD5sum: 4dbd0a88ee2faf9603254accc5f0ac07
SHA1: 855274cc48d2406657a6f2405f29eda0f2ff9fe2
SHA256: 02334dd007a0ac1bd6f8bc454f8357ef71c3a1a779fbf2aff9190e4bda0c50c6
SHA512: c3b9471b6ed1735069ae015647afe2d529720ae5ad581ff9a6f22046b95dc943cb3dc5da731dba8778136838c59581dc847f90975594b8c39c1d72a0fee0b45f
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description: QEMU full system emulation binaries
Description-md5: e4c58b37c60d1fc987e614cbc6f62355