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Installing QEMU on Mac and Linux

QEMU is an open-source machine emulator and virtualizer. Here is how you install QEMU on Mac (using Homebrew or MacPorts) and Linux.

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Installing QEMU on Mac

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Using Homebrew

Homebrew is a popular package manager for macOS. Follow these steps to install QEMU using Homebrew:
  1. Install Homebrew (if not already installed): 
    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  2. Install QEMU: 
    brew install qemu
  3. Verify the installation: 
    qemu-system-x86_64 --version

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Using MacPorts

MacPorts is another package manager for macOS. Follow these steps to install QEMU using MacPorts:
  1. Install MacPorts (if not already installed): Follow the instructions on the MacPorts installation page.
  2. Update MacPorts: 
    sudo port selfupdate
  3. Install QEMU: 
    sudo port install qemu
  4. Verify the installation: 
    qemu-system-x86_64 --version

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Installing QEMU on Linux

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Using Homebrew

Homebrew is also available for Linux. Follow these steps to install QEMU using Homebrew:
  1. Install Homebrew (if not already installed): 
    /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
  2. Install QEMU: 
    brew install qemu
  3. Verify the installation: 
    qemu-system-x86_64 --version

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Using Linuxbrew

Linuxbrew is a fork of Homebrew for Linux. Follow these steps to install QEMU using Linuxbrew:
  1. Install Linuxbrew (if not already installed): 
    sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Linuxbrew/install/master/install.sh)"
  2. Add Linuxbrew to your PATH: 
    test -d ~/.linuxbrew && eval $(~/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -d /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew && eval $(/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin/brew shellenv)
test -r ~/.bash_profile && echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.bash_profile
echo "eval \$($(brew --prefix)/bin/brew shellenv)" >>~/.profile
  3. Install QEMU: 
    brew install qemu
  4. Verify the installation: 
    qemu-system-x86_64 --version