How To Install qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux.

What is qemu-system-x86

qemu-system-x86 is:

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.

There are three methods to install qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install qemu-system-x86 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-x86 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qemu-system-x86

Install qemu-system-x86 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-x86 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qemu-system-x86

Install qemu-system-x86 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install qemu-system-x86 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-x86

How To Uninstall qemu-system-x86 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qemu-system-x86 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-x86

Uninstall qemu-system-x86 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qemu-system-x86 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qemu-system-x86

Remove qemu-system-x86 Configurations and Data

To remove qemu-system-x86 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qemu-system-x86

Remove qemu-system-x86 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qemu-system-x86 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qemu-system-x86

Dependencies

qemu-system-x86 have the following dependencies:

• libaio1
• libasound2
• libbrlapi0.8
• libc6
• libcacard0
• libcapstone4
• libepoxy0
• libfdt1
• libgbm1
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libgnutls30
• libibverbs1
• libjpeg62-turbo
• libncursesw6
• libnettle8
• libnuma1
• libpixman-1-0
• libpmem1
• libpng16-16
• librdmacm1
• libsasl2-2
• libseccomp2
• libslirp0
• libspice-server1
• libtinfo6
• libudev1
• liburing1
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• qemu-system-x86 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qemu-system-x86 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.