Hyperwifi Install Guide

Installing Qemu

To start using Hyperwifi we first need to install Qemu.

First time setup

macOS

Before we can install Qemu on macOS, we need to install Homebrew, a package manager for macOS.

• Install macOS package manager Homebrew from https://brew.sh
  • To install Homebrew, run the following command in your macOS terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

Use Homebrew To Install macOS Packages

- Install Qemu

Qemu is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. Hyperdrive uses Qemu to run and control a small Linux VM that act as a remote access point.

To install qemu, run the following command in your macOS terminal:

brew install qemu

Linux

Use Ubuntu apt command to install Linux packages

- Install Qemu

Qemu is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer. Hyperdrive uses Qemu to run and control a small Linux VM that act as a remote access point.

We will install Qemu for Ubuntu, if you have other Linux Distributions please follow the official Qemu docs https://www.qemu.org/download/

• Update the apt package index to make sure we are installing the latest version of Qemu:

sudo apt-get update

To install Qemu, run the following command in your Ubuntu terminal:

sudo apt install qemu-system-x86

Using the Hyperwifi service

At this point our system is ready to start using the service. Head to Hyperwifi User Guide to start using the service.