diff --git a/apps/QEMU/install-32 b/apps/QEMU/install-32
index da1fff2..73aa4bf 100755
--- a/apps/QEMU/install-32
+++ b/apps/QEMU/install-32
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ function error {
   exit 1
 }
 
+#Remove any qemu packages first to prevent conflicting packages
+sudo apt purge -y qemu*
+
 cd $HOME
 #remove deb if present
 rm -f ./qemu*-armhf.deb
diff --git a/apps/QEMU/install-64 b/apps/QEMU/install-64
index 66bebc9..2497639 100755
--- a/apps/QEMU/install-64
+++ b/apps/QEMU/install-64
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ function error {
   exit 1
 }
 
+#Remove any qemu packages first to prevent conflicting packages
+sudo apt purge -y qemu*
+
 cd $HOME
 #remove deb is exists
 rm -f ./qemu*arm64.deb