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+=================
+ Installing QEMU
+=================
+
+
+
+Installing QEMU (12.04 Precise and later)
+=========================================
+
+QEMU packages are incorporated into Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin and later
+versions. To  install QEMU, execute the following:: 
+
+	sudo apt-get install qemu
+
+Installing QEMU (11.10 Oneric and earlier)
+==========================================
+
+For Ubuntu distributions 11.10 Oneiric and earlier, you must install 
+the 0.15 version of QEMU or later. To build QEMU from source, use the
+following procedure::
+
+	cd {your-development-directory}
+	git clone git://git.qemu.org/qemu.git
+	cd qemu
+	./configure --enable-rbd
+	make; make install