QEMU/Installation

QEMU can be installed in many ways. The most common method is probably installing a precompiled binary, since it is a much simpler method of installation when compared to compiling it from the source code.

Linux

Pretty much all major Linux distributions contains QEMU in their respective repositories. Below is a list of example commands for various popular operating systems.

Distribution	Command
Arch Linux	pacman -S qemu
CentOS/Fedora	dnf install -y qemu
Debian/Ubuntu	apt install -y qemu (Ubuntu 14.04+) apt-get install -y qemu (Ubuntu 12.04-)
Gentoo	emerge -av app-emulation/qemu
openSUSE	zypper install qemu

Windows

The best place to grab precompiled Windows binaries is on Weilnetz's page, which are officially linked to on QEMU's official website. The site contains builds of the latest QEMU for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows, and is confirmed to be working and up to date.

Alternatively, there is Lassauge's page, but it requires Cygwin to be installed and only provides 64-bit builds.

Mac OS

Distribution	Command
Homebrew	brew install qemu
MacPorts	port install qemu

Of course the easiest way to get QEMU on Mac OS is by installing it with Homebrew, then by typing brew install qemu. You can also install it through MacPorts.

Alternatively, you can download 2.10.1 binaries from this page, which work on 64-bit Macs and Mac OS 10.6 or higher. You can also download version 1.6.2 from here, which works on a PowerPC Mac. It requires Mac OS 10.4 or higher and at least a PowerPC G5 CPU.

BSD

Distribution	Command
FreeBSD	pkg install qemu
OpenBSD	pkg_add -i qemu

QEMU can also be installed and compiled on most BSD-based operating systems.

Compiling from source

• See this page for more information.