QEMU/Installation

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

Linux

Pretty much every major Linux distributions has QEMU in their 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
Slackware	slpkg -s sbo qemu

Windows

The best place to grab 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 64-bit versions of Windows (some older builds of QEMU for 32-bit Windows are also available). It is confirmed to be working and up to date.

Alternatively, there is also Lassauge's page, but it requires Cygwin to be installed and is severely out of date.

macOS

Distribution	Command
Homebrew	brew install qemu
MacPorts	port install qemu

The easiest way to get QEMU on macOS is by installing it with Homebrew, then by typing brew install qemu. It can also be installed through MacPorts.

Alternatively, you can download 2.10.1 binaries from this page, which will 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.