How to Install and Uninstall qemu-system-x86 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 08,2024

1. Install "qemu-system-x86" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install qemu-system-x86 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall qemu-system-x86 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the qemu-system-x86 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: qemu-system-x86
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: 16582
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libfdt1, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libncurses5 (>= 6), libnettle6, libnuma1, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsasl2-2, libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libseccomp2 (>= 2.1.0), libspice-server1 (>= 0.12.6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.19), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libx11-6, libxen-4.6 (>= 4.6.5), libxenstore3.0 (>= 4.1.0~rc6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 2.0.0+dfsg-7~), seabios (>= 1.7.5~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Recommends: qemu-utils, cpu-checker
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51), kmod, sgabios, ovmf
Conflicts: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Breaks: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), libvirt0 (<< 1.2), qemu-common (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-system (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Replaces: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-common (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-system (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10.51_amd64.deb
Size: 3773368
MD5sum: 84bff417bf83f9e6489fe30dc06fb08b
SHA1: dd5e32219b612fc41abb974ce97631ff91eaa777
SHA256: 5475022496bea93c610c5d346a2ec62396dfd8b0b1b024d564d6e2325e033bdd
SHA512: 14526d1a784b498dbee1aa09e2ea6a0b37cdc392c59b86aa52af26a773f9c936a03cc542aee600a3ac1a9ede84629b28b293ccd4180b895b22efaf2748212ddf
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Description-en: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
i386 and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This package provides the full system emulation binaries to emulate
the following x86 hardware: i386 x86_64.
.
In system emulation mode QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor
and various peripherals. It enables easier testing and debugging of system
code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual
machines on a single server.
.
On x86 host hardware this package also enables KVM kernel virtual machine
usage on systems which supports it.
Description-md5: 5ac9285103b36e8a4d3a9e37920fe122
Task: virt-host
Supported: 5y

Package: qemu-system-x86
Priority: optional
Section: misc
Installed-Size: 16457
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QEMU Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: qemu
Version: 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10
Replaces: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-common (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-system (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Provides: qemu-system-i386, qemu-system-x86-64
Depends: libaio1 (>= 0.3.93), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libbluetooth3 (>= 4.91), libbrlapi0.6, libc6 (>= 2.15), libcacard0 (>= 2.2), libfdt1, libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgnutls30 (>= 3.4.2), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libncurses5 (>= 6), libnettle6, libnuma1, libpixman-1-0 (>= 0.19.6), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libsasl2-2, libsdl1.2debian (>= 1.2.11), libseccomp2 (>= 0.0.0~20120605), libspice-server1 (>= 0.12.6), libtinfo5 (>= 6), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.19), libusbredirparser1 (>= 0.6), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libx11-6, libxen-4.6 (>= 4.6.0), libxenstore3.0 (>= 4.1.0~rc6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0), qemu-system-common (>> 2.0.0+dfsg-7~), seabios (>= 1.7.5~), ipxe-qemu (>= 1.0.0+git-20131111.c3d1e78-1~)
Recommends: qemu-utils, cpu-checker
Suggests: samba, vde2, qemu-block-extra (= 1:2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10), kmod, sgabios, ovmf
Conflicts: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Breaks: kvm (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), libvirt0 (<< 1.2), qemu-common (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5), qemu-kvm (<< 1.2.0.dfsg-1), qemu-system (<< 1.3.0+dfsg-5)
Filename: pool/main/q/qemu/qemu-system-x86_2.5+dfsg-5ubuntu10_amd64.deb
Size: 2754846
MD5sum: 0f5c1f7bac0fb3f67c11613fba77cd8a
SHA1: 87a1647a13b9e636bd269f5066242d73e77c8e59
SHA256: 1be10a8a2b2d0726bb3bf4ba41f3bf6dd74781d3476f9db7ae3ed3ecde3855b5
Description-en: QEMU full system emulation binaries (x86)
QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports
i386 and x86-64 emulation. By using dynamic translation it achieves
reasonable speed while being easy to port on new host CPUs.
.
This package provides the full system emulation binaries to emulate
the following x86 hardware: i386 x86_64.
.
In system emulation mode QEMU emulates a full system, including a processor
and various peripherals. It enables easier testing and debugging of system
code. It can also be used to provide virtual hosting of several virtual
machines on a single server.
.
On x86 host hardware this package also enables KVM kernel virtual machine
usage on systems which supports it.
Description-md5: 5ac9285103b36e8a4d3a9e37920fe122
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.qemu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: virt-host