To run x86 code we are going to utilize qemu-user-static.

[email protected]:~$ sudo apt update
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install -y qemu-user-static binfmt-support
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture amd64
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt update
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install libc6:amd64
[email protected]:~$

Please keep in mind that more libraries may need to be installed depending on what package is being ran. In some cases these libraries will be installed automatically with the package install, however in others some research must be done to learn what is missing.

# Before qemu-user-static install
[email protected]:~$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture amd64
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install -y powershell
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ file /opt/microsoft/powershell/7/pwsh
/opt/microsoft/powershell/7/pwsh: ELF 64-bit LSB pie executable, x86-64, version 1 (GNU/Linux), dynamically linked, interpreter /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2, for GNU/Linux 2.6.32, BuildID[sha1]=9c3feab2531f770c71d023f031faf37758181701, stripped
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ pwsh
zsh: exec format error: pwsh
[email protected]:~$
# After qemu-user-static install
[email protected]:~$ sudo apt install -y qemu-user-static binfmt-support
[email protected]:~$
[email protected]:~$ pwsh
PowerShell 7.1.3
Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.

https://aka.ms/powershell
Type 'help' to get help.


┌──(kali㉿kali)-[/home/kali]
└─PS>

If there is a downloaded binary that is x86 that is not automatically being ran under qemu-user-static, you can invoke it with the following command:

[email protected]:~$ qemu-x86_x64-static my_x86_code
[email protected]:~$