Getting started

The QSTI for QEMU runs on Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04. If you have never run QEMU, start by installing the following packages:

  • Ubuntu 22.04:
    sudo apt install qemu qemu-system-x86 qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils
  • Ubuntu 24.04:
    sudo apt install qemu-system qemu-utils qemu-user qemu-user-binfmt qemu-block-extra libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients libguestfs-tools bridge-utils

Get QNX

To get the components required to access the QNX OS, follow these steps:

  1. Get a free, non-commercial QNX Software Development Platform 8.0 license at https://www.qnx.com/getqnx.
  2. Accept and deploy your license.
  3. Install the QNX Software Center (QSC). The QSC allows you to install the QNX Software Development Platform (SDP) and pre-built packages.
  4. Install the QNX Software Development Platform 8.0.
Note:

You only need to perform these steps once before accessing any of the target images.

Get the image

To get the QSTI itself, follow these steps:

  1. Install the com.qnx.qnx800.quickstart.qemu package from the QSC, which contains the QSTI for QEMU. You can find the contents of this package under your QNX SDP installation, typically ~/qnx800/images/qemu.
  2. Run the unpack_qemu_image.sh script to unpack the multiple qnx_sdp8.0_qemu_quickstart_xxxxxxxx.tar.gz.xx files.
  3. Once the script is complete, another qemu folder appears (i.e., ~/qnx800/images/qemu/qemu). You can now proceed to the "Getting started with QEMU" section.
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