openbios-sparc doesn't seem to be ubuntu now. Has it been combined in to another package? Unfortunately I have had to install qemu manually as I need this package so i can't test that you can virtual a sparc system from ubuntu packages.....
-- openbios-sparc has no installation candidate https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/423910 You received this bug notification because you are a member of qemu- devel-ml, which is subscribed to QEMU. Status in QEMU: Invalid Status in “openbios-sparc” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “qemu-kvm” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: When installing Qemu through apt-get, openbios-sparc is recommended, but, Package openbios-sparc is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another source E: Package openbios-sparc has no installation candidate