How To Install qemu-system-or32 on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install qemu-system-misc

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is qemu-system-or32 and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install qemu-system-or32 on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install qemu-system-or32 using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install qemu-system-or32 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qemu-system-misc

Install qemu-system-or32 using apt

Because qemu-system-or32 is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install qemu-system-or32 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qemu-system-misc

Install qemu-system-or32 using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 aptitude database, You can install qemu-system-or32 by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qemu-system-misc

How to upgrade (update) a single package qemu-system-or32 using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the qemu-system-or32, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install qemu-system-misc

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install qemu-system-misc

How To Uninstall qemu-system-or32 from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the qemu-system-or32 package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qemu-system-misc

Uninstall qemu-system-or32 and all its dependencies

To uninstall qemu-system-or32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

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

Remove qemu-system-or32 with all configurations and data

To remove qemu-system-or32 configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

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

Remove qemu-system-or32 completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to qemu-system-or32 package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

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

Extra info and code examples

QEMU is a fast processor emulator: currently the package supports ARM, CRIS, M68k (ColdFire), MicroBlaze, and SH4 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 various other hardware which did not made into separate packages. Emulators for the following architectures are provided: alpha cris lm32 hppa m68k microblaze microblazeel moxie nios2 or1k riscv32 riscv64 sh4 sh4eb s390x tricore xtensa xtensaeb unicore32. 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.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install qemu-system-or32 using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the qemu-system-or32 from Kali Linux.

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