Here's the list of packages I had to install, as wellĪs adding myself to the groups kvm, libvirt and libvirt-qemu:Īpt install virt-manager libvirt-daemon qemu qemu-kvm libvirt0 libvirt-bin virt-manager bridge-utils libvirt-daemon-system qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils dnsmasq gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 In the end, I did get virt-manager running. Getting a little further with each package I installed.

Instead of giving up after the first few iterations.įiddling, installing more packages, web searching on the error messagesĪnd discussing them on IRC, then fiddling some more, Since I didn't have anything much going on, I agreed, and kept at it That happened again a few weeks ago, and one of the virt-managerĮnthusiasts on the channel wanted to help me track down the problems. To use virt-manager several times, with virt-manager enthusiasts on this Me: If you're running a full Gnome desktop, maybe. Newbie: Which is easier for virtualization, KVM/qemu or virtualbox?Įnthusiast: KVM/qemu is really easy if you use virt-manager. A conversation that happens every so often on a Linux chat channel:

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