How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "qemu-system" package

Please follow the steps below to install qemu-system on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall qemu-system on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: qemu-system
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51
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: 79
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51_amd64.deb
Size: 6124
MD5sum: 45b0c4eacad1359f826f988189fa43cb
SHA1: a6527288fedeebdae04ee31cd457710e0ff426d2
SHA256: 17e213ec0a5ccf1c67ef0bbeffb5411cdbd4dd60911fbd3a31e140bd1339032b
SHA512: f82ef733217a8838e1425417aa66e4ca66bf58e48b85d23958a6ccd1ce74ea35c273a652cb30ac6546fa24d097cb08833a67f246b05217e2ccf519d880418a2d
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
Supported: 5y

Package: qemu-system
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Depends: qemu-system-arm, qemu-system-mips, qemu-system-ppc, qemu-system-sparc, qemu-system-x86, qemu-system-misc
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 6128
MD5sum: 238e56dc63a6107e9333110f9ff99da5
SHA1: 71fa8668731a4295f7ab3c2aee398ae8c93d7fdf
SHA256: 82299e2ed7c8192729610a485623fadc308dbb1c51dd8baa336a14a230e39885
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
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y