[HowTo] Install QEMU/KVM on antiX

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I don’t have a computer with (U)efi hardware. Therefore, it was obvious to compensate for this shortcoming (which I do not regret in the least) with QEMU.

Installation command:
$ qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 4096 -bios /usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE.fd -smp 2 -vga std -cdrom /media/Distris/antiX/antiX-21-runit_x64-base.iso -boot d -drive file=/home/male/virtu/platte.img,format=qcow2 -m 4G

Start command:

#!/bin/sh
qemu-system-x86_64      -enable-kvm \
                        -bios /usr/share/ovmf/OVMF.fd \
                        -m 4096 \
                        -vga std \
                        -hda /home/male/virtu/platte.img \
                        -cpu host \
                        -smp 2 \
                        -soundhw all \
                        -monitor stdio 

And no, this does not take place on antiX as host. 😉 unstable-sid

[Anonymous]

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The above assumes, of course, that the host is of adequate size to accommodate the virtual disk in /home.

Example: Host(my operating system) = 50G
virtual hard disk = 20G
the create command is:
qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtu.img 20G

The data exchange after an installation I do between client and host e.g. in zzzFM:
sftp://male@IP-of-the-host/
The client needs openssh-client and the host additionally openssh-server.

Maybe also interesting to do only the ISO test in Qemu:
Example without (U)Efi:
qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -k de -smp 2 -m 2048 -vga std -monitor stdio -snapshot -cdrom /media/Distris/antiX/antiX-21-runit_x64-base.iso -name runit -boot d

Finally it is worth to have a look at QEMU in the package management of Debian.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

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Seems like libelogind0 needs to be installed.

qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -boot d -cdrom /home/anticap/Remaster/iso-files/antiX-19.5_x64-full.iso -m 1024
qemu-system-x86_64: error while loading shared libraries: libsystemd.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Philosophers have interpreted the world in many ways; the point is to change it.

antiX with runit - leaner and meaner.

[Anonymous]

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I think that this is normal and logical.

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Thanks for the script @rayluo!! All worked well for me.

A note on a change since you wrote the original script – qemu-kvm is now called qemu-system-x86 to my understanding. Also if you try to do something where Virt-manager complains that you don’t have “qemu-img” installed, then you need the “qemu-utils” package.

I really appreciate all the work you put into this, it’s fantastic.

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