Emulators

Many applications can be prototyped and tested using an emulator instead of a development board. An emulator can provide an test environment that provides some of the features and constraints of a hardware solution while remaining convenient for application developers to use.

The following sections cover emulators that can be used to test applications within the Librem 5 system environment and describe how to set them up on different operating systems.

• QEMU
  • Linux Environments
    • GNOME Boxes
    • Virt-manager
    • Using QEMU on the Command Line
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Expanding the Filesystem
  • Using workstation devices inside the VM
    • Virtual Machine Manager
    • Command Line
      • Webcam Example
  • Using the Image
  • Resources