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Phil Clifford
c7e91a0ea0 docs: windows automation return changes reflected and documentation regenerated 2023-06-21 08:57:16 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
513a1b18c9
chore: bump version to 4.8 2023-06-14 12:33:25 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
8bf84986b9
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2023-06-14 12:30:57 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
008478d85e
feat: add automatic Windows 10 and 11 iso downloads. Close #563 2023-06-14 12:30:45 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
4ce607e681
fix: remov trailing period from vmlinux releases 2023-06-14 12:25:23 +01:00
Phil Clifford
51a6502a79 docs: additional note explaining --screenpct
Co-authored-by: dabrown645 dabrown645@users.noreply.github.com
2023-06-14 11:55:12 +01:00
Phil Clifford
4221302936 docs: regenerated to auto-update 2023-06-14 11:31:06 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
5d26df5443
fix: detect the 1920x1080 OpenCore firmware 2023-06-14 10:33:05 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d79dfb7240
chore: white space clean up 2023-06-14 10:10:52 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
2c0b1f59b7
feat: change default OpenCore resolution to 1920x1080 2023-06-14 10:10:33 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
b938e9e9e8
feat: add quickemu macOS Ventura support 2023-06-14 10:09:55 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
3468c3a4d8
feat: add quickget support for macOS Ventura 2023-06-14 10:09:37 +01:00
zenobit
031660cb4b XeroLinux 2023-06-14 09:47:13 +01:00
Aaron Honeycutt
dc313fe383 Update to NixOS 23.05 2023-06-14 09:46:34 +01:00
Carl George
387d05615a Use geo-distributed mirror for Alma URL
Rackspace's mirror network is geographically distributed.  Requesting
the mirror.rackspace.com endpoint will point you at the closest mirror
to your location.  It will even route you to the next nearest mirror in
the case of an outage.  Hard coding this to the lon.mirror.rackspace.com
endpoint forces every user to route through London, regardless of their
location.
2023-06-14 09:45:38 +01:00
Wojciech Bernatek
0762a2abd6 fix url and iso name for rockylinux versions 2023-06-14 09:45:13 +01:00
David Brown
a6217167b4 issu590: fixed typo in change that was missing continuing \ 2023-06-14 09:44:42 +01:00
David Brown
8e9fba398d Issue: 591 - line breaks in generated scrip 2023-06-14 09:44:42 +01:00
David Brown
d431d91618 Issue 650 - Allow --screenpct which will scale VM's screen size 2023-06-14 09:44:15 +01:00
Phil Clifford
44a8c68aef The daily isos demand a minimum of 18G
Otherwise they refuse to install. Added some overhead to allow for trying package updating and installation as well.
daily-canary appears to have returned as well
2023-06-14 09:42:34 +01:00
Phil Clifford
92371b60c3 Correction of release naming
They should always have respected the RELEASE
Add new daily-legacy release
2023-06-14 09:42:34 +01:00
Phil Clifford
11dff38fa6 updated with upstream merges 2023-06-14 09:41:39 +01:00
Phil Clifford
eb8d4ec173
Add ubuntu server (#702)
* merged 577

fixed conflicts and readme


Co-authored-by: funk-on-code  <funk-on-code@users.noreply.github.com>

* Corrected ubuntu-server implementation

naming aligned
releases corrected
implemented daily-live

maybe some more alignement and refactoring possible

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Co-authored-by: funk-on-code  <funk-on-code@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-06-14 09:40:47 +01:00
Dom
8ee0d3a207 Correct disk to format in Big Sur and up
On Big Sur and up apple includes the VirtIO driver and therefore the install disk is named
Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device instead of  QEMU HARDDISK Media.
This PR lets the documentation reflect that.
2023-04-30 11:53:04 +01:00
Phil Clifford
ddc23b9f77
Fix: Account for BlendOS 23.04 images moving to sourceforge (#699)
* Fix: initial correction for 23.04 moving to sourceforge
and also now having 2 editions

* tested and tidied
2023-04-30 11:52:23 +01:00
Chase Covello
215633947e
Add initial Solaris/Illumos/OpenIndiana support (#697)
* Add initial Solaris/Illumos support

* Fix OpenIndiana kernel panic on boot

The OpenIndiana kernel panics on boot in the AHCI driver. Switching the
machine type from "q35" to "pc" seems to fix the issue.

* Fix Illumos/OpenIndiana USB controller issue.

* Add openindiana support

* Updated quickget with current OpenIndiana release

* Change OpenIndiana video card to vmware-svga

OpenIndiana's default Xorg configuration doesn't work with QXL, virtio,
or VGA, but it does with vmware-svga.

* Updated man pages for OpenIndiana support

* Changed default Solaris/OpenIndiana boot to legacy

The OpenIndiana installer defaults to MBR partition table and BIOS boot
code even in EFI mode, so changed quickget to set 'boot="legacy"' in the
configuration file.

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Co-authored-by: Phil Clifford <philip.clifford@gmail.com>
2023-04-30 11:51:54 +01:00
Phil Clifford
53a4100905 Add Vanilla OS 2023-04-30 11:49:26 +01:00
Phil Clifford
b9ba135884 whitespace cleanup 2023-04-30 11:49:26 +01:00
Phil Clifford
ce1cadb09b Lose empty echo 2023-04-30 11:49:26 +01:00
Phil Clifford
9d3e7dd4d5 remove cog stutter
one day I'll find the magic or remember to do this while chasing the stream
2023-04-30 11:48:18 +01:00
zenobit
6e9405a42f SteamOS 2023-04-30 11:47:45 +01:00
Phil Clifford
7a87d5ac7e updated for new release 2023-04-26 11:58:09 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
cb6d6d2ad7
chore: bump version to 4.7 2023-04-26 11:46:18 +01:00
zenobit
994de923a8 Added vxlinux 6.1.2 2023-04-26 11:34:27 +01:00
zenobit
ba7621944d VX-Linux 2023-04-26 11:34:27 +01:00
deraffe
6a612bd104 Fix aria2 using wrong destination directory
If you have set a download directory in aria2's config, quickget will
download files to the wrong directory. This overwrites that setting and
downloads files to the correct location.

Quote from `aria2c(1)`:
> `-o, --out=<FILE>`
>   The file name of the downloaded file. It is
>   always relative to the directory given in
>   `--dir` option.
2023-04-26 11:32:58 +01:00
zenobit
8b256bb57d
Update cachyos to latest version (#666) 2023-04-26 11:31:43 +01:00
Phil Clifford
31bba1073b
Add Endless OS (#642)
Co-authored-by: Martin Wimpress <304639+flexiondotorg@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-26 11:28:36 +01:00
Phil Clifford
aba13b77d4 Added BlendOS by regenerating docs 2023-04-26 11:26:08 +01:00
Phil Clifford
6f8f99dc17 dynamic fetching of release tags
also swap wgets for curls
2023-04-26 11:26:08 +01:00
Phil Clifford
a99ca998f5 added BlendOS 2023-04-26 11:26:08 +01:00
Phil Clifford
564a252585 Correction of debian dependencies
Taken from :
eagavi/quickemu@88682d2

Co-authored-by: eagavi <eagavi@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-26 11:24:47 +01:00
zenobit
6e827af6f2 siduction 2023-04-26 11:22:20 +01:00
Phil Clifford
4d712e440c Make dragonfly releases dynamic
Also support their .bz2 compressed isos, giving access to all releases
back to 2017.
Removing (or making optional) the .bz2 in the search
will just return the current iso
2023-04-26 11:21:16 +01:00
Phil Clifford
ecdfa193a3 Make NetBSD releases dynamic
This obsoletes #675 but in case that gets closed
here's an attempt to acknowlege a valuable heads-up.

Co-authored-by: Kurt Kremitzki <kremitzki@users.noreply.github.com>
2023-04-26 11:20:40 +01:00
Aaron Honeycutt
c4b71195c1 Move resize value 2023-04-26 11:18:02 +01:00
Aaron Honeycutt
eb608fb5ef Add custom size for NixOS as with the default a fresh install has 3% disk space left 2023-04-26 11:18:02 +01:00
Aaron Honeycutt
245900df66 Add Fedora 38 and other spins/editions 2023-04-26 11:16:43 +01:00
Phil Clifford
54d19096ad Prepare for 23.04 and add Ubuntu Cinnamon 2023-04-26 11:16:11 +01:00
Phil Clifford
c69fa6b430 Win notes added to man pages 2023-02-04 00:28:51 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
bacb7b1a8f
Bump the version to 4.6 2023-02-04 00:24:24 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
61b73b6377
Update README 2023-02-04 00:16:01 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
8d3cf4c1a7
Prompt the user to download the Windows iso manually. Closes #612 2023-02-04 00:06:37 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
4286405639
Revert "Acknowledgement that Windows downloads are not working automatically #6123"
This reverts commit 809ad68fd8.
2023-02-03 23:09:56 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
f407fc9e2f
Merge WIP build-docs 2023-02-03 23:09:34 +00:00
Phil Clifford
5da140262a Updated for release of Rocky Linux 9.1 2023-02-03 22:52:53 +00:00
Phil Clifford
9a3e5b3e01 Update mxlinux to current release 2023-02-03 22:51:18 +00:00
Phil Clifford
eaa5f1cad2 Update drgaonfly release to current
Older isos are bzipped so until we handle that only current is available
2023-02-03 22:50:34 +00:00
Phil Clifford
d4d9558892 Remove old release from elementary - they only present current release 2023-02-03 22:50:02 +00:00
Phil Clifford
9ab21571d0 updated cachyos release 2023-02-03 22:48:55 +00:00
Phil Clifford
40221ffe71 Alma 9.1 is released 2023-02-03 22:48:15 +00:00
Phil Clifford
206c93d8e5 Aligned config file options with current list 2023-02-03 22:47:18 +00:00
Phil Clifford
9f1c3af122 chore: regenerated docs for release 2023-02-03 22:47:18 +00:00
Phil Clifford
e7480e1820 comment out non-supported lines aimed at the conf 2023-01-31 17:44:44 +00:00
Phil Clifford
ce04397793 Correct basic error to get to downloading isos 2023-01-31 17:44:44 +00:00
hi-phile
b46aca69c9 Added support for RebornOS in quickget
Added support for RebornOS, tested and working.
2023-01-31 17:40:23 +00:00
Alan Pope
75c80d89fd Add elementary 7.0
Hopefully I did this right. I tested locally, and it appears to download the 7.0 ISO correctly.
2023-01-31 17:38:45 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
809ad68fd8
Acknowledgement that Windows downloads are not working automatically #6123
We'll investigate more robust solution to this issue.
2023-01-23 11:00:28 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
462987cf21
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2023-01-23 10:47:31 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
66703ddd6c
Fix more syntax errors in TrueNAS function 2023-01-23 10:47:14 +00:00
Luca Weiss
f97ceeabe9 Add Mageia 2023-01-23 10:42:27 +00:00
Ryan Barth
ce38ebdada add endeavouros releases up to 22_12 2023-01-23 10:38:54 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
b1fc537332
White space clean up 2023-01-23 10:36:43 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
b97ae01243
Fix syntax error 2023-01-23 10:36:29 +00:00
Matus Mastena
66c5ff86b7 Added initial support for TrueNAS 2023-01-23 10:27:41 +00:00
TenTypekMatus
d2a7eff80e Update quickget 2023-01-23 10:27:41 +00:00
goosepirate
e64f54ad52 Allocate 32G disk_size to popos 2023-01-23 10:22:31 +00:00
George Sokianos
4b1bb51c55 Added Haiku r1beta4 2023-01-23 10:16:58 +00:00
DimitrisPa
9c9dcf65c0 Linux Mint 22.1 released 2023-01-23 10:15:59 +00:00
Donny Kurnia
23982c3f9d use long hv-* attributes for qemu 6.0.0 2022-12-14 16:37:06 +00:00
Phil Clifford
c3d21b9029 docs: Regenerated man pages for 4.5 2022-12-12 00:45:09 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
d13509b5a7
Bump version to 4.5 2022-12-11 20:47:44 +00:00
Dani Llewellyn
28b549c886
Revert "README.md: drop mention of VirtIO Block Media in macOS docs"
This reverts commit 6f3bc41750.
2022-12-11 20:40:10 +00:00
Dani Llewellyn
9a7ee71804
Revert "macOS: swap disk controller from virtio-blk-pci to ahci"
This reverts commit 881adb289a.
2022-12-11 20:39:46 +00:00
Dani Llewellyn
332f5b59f9
Revert "Defaults: Switch default disk from virtio-blk-pci to virtio-scsi-pci"
This reverts commit fb8deb10e8.
2022-12-11 20:39:29 +00:00
DimitrisPa
24c01a0d18 NixOS-22.11 released 2022-12-11 20:29:16 +00:00
Yannick Mauray
050d8d740c
fix : update for CachyOS 2022-11-22 10:03:29 +01:00
interorbital
41b1e11cfe
Adding ubuntu unity (#584)
* ubuntu unity

* hiding previous releases from echo output

* displaying ubuntu-unity releases more effectively

* added ubuntu-unity to README

* switch from if-not to else

* remove redundant whitespace

* added fedora 37

* removed fedora 37

* removed LTS_SUPPORT definitions
2022-11-20 19:00:27 +00:00
interorbital
116923d7a8 added fedora 37 2022-11-20 18:59:28 +00:00
Phil Clifford
c32e290ba3 Alma released 8.7 and 9.1-beta 2022-11-20 17:59:12 +00:00
szorfein
19248f783b links for base 2022-11-20 17:57:29 +00:00
Phil Clifford
7dee1a37db
make OpenBSD release list dynamic (#574)
* make OpenBSD release list dynamic

* Regenerated docs for 4.4 Release

README and man pages regenerated incorporating documentation updates from Release 4.4

* FreeBSD 13.1 released

Release avaiability made dynamic
2022-11-20 17:56:47 +00:00
Phil Clifford
61772a5b89 FreeBSD 13.1 released
Release avaiability made dynamic
2022-10-26 10:20:06 +01:00
DimitrisPa
813292e305 OpenBSD 7.2 released 2022-10-26 10:18:24 +01:00
Phil Clifford
1fb683dd48 Regenerated docs for 4.4 Release
README and man pages regenerated incorporating documentation updates from Release 4.4
2022-10-26 10:17:15 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
215597eead
Bump version to 4.4 2022-10-21 08:49:14 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
a437bc8a99 README.md: Add instructions for enabling macOS TRIM support
macOS refuses to enable TRIM on any disk models that are not in Apple's verified approval list. However, there is a command that you can run via `sudo` to forcibly tell macOS to enable TRIM even though the disk model is unsupported by Apple.

Here we add the instructions to `README.md` for forcibly enabling TRIM support.
2022-10-21 08:44:23 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
dba3bb61c6 README.md: Update macOS install steps with correct hard disk naming
In a previous commit we dropped usage of VirtIO Block Media from backing the hard disk device in macOS guests. The instructions therefore are updated here to drop the split between macOS versions that we had previously enabled VirtIO Block Media disks and those we didn't. This simplifies the instructions to a single hard disk name for all supported macOS version installations.
2022-10-21 08:44:23 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
6f3bc41750 README.md: drop mention of VirtIO Block Media in macOS docs
The previous commit removes our usage of VirtIO Block Media as a backing for the macOS hard disk. We therefore need to drop our descriptions of this functionality now we're not using it any more.
2022-10-21 08:44:23 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
881adb289a macOS: swap disk controller from virtio-blk-pci to ahci
Currently, the virtio specification does not include provision for the TRIM (aka DISCARD) command that allows a guest operating system to signal the disk hardware that blocks have become unused so that the underlying device may clear the physical data.

The TRIM/DISCARD command was introduced for SSD disks as an extension to the AHCI specification that is used in SATA systems.

With Virtual Machines we can use this command to tell QEMU's Qcow2 driver to reclaim unused space in the disk image. This ensures the disk image file is kept to the smallest size possible where without the TRIM/DISCARD command it grows to it's maximum configured size and never shrinks again when data is deleted.

Let's swap our default disk driver from `virtio-blk-pci` which does not support TRIM to `ahci` which does.

(We cannot use `virtio-scsi-pci` when running macOS, like we do in our default disk device,  because macOS does not support SCSI disks at all on x86_64 systems.)
2022-10-21 08:44:23 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
fb8deb10e8 Defaults: Switch default disk from virtio-blk-pci to virtio-scsi-pci
Currently, the virtio specification does not include provision for the TRIM (aka DISCARD) command that allows a guest operating system to signal the disk hardware that blocks have become unused so that the underlying device may clear the physical data.

The TRIM/DISCARD command was introduced for SSD disks as an extension to the AHCI specification that is used in SATA systems.

With Virtual Machines we can use this command to tell QEMU's Qcow2 driver to reclaim unused space in the disk image. This ensures the disk image file is kept to the smallest size possible where without the TRIM/DISCARD command it grows to it's maximum configured size and never shrinks again when data is deleted.

Let's swap our default disk driver from `virtio-blk-pci` which does not support TRIM to `virtio-scsi-pci` which does.
2022-10-21 08:44:23 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
bfd7a05ff1 OpenBSD: Fix download of versions 6.8 & 6.9
The CDN we were using in QuickGet only carries version 7.0 and 7.1. By switching to a different CDN provided for the OpenBSD Community (listed on https://www.openbsd.org/ftp.html) we can regain access to version 6.8 and 6.9.
2022-10-21 08:42:16 +01:00
interorbital
c28db24184 added the 22.10 version for ubuntu and all quickemu-supported ubuntu flavors 2022-10-21 08:41:36 +01:00
Mikael Bak
72432bfad7 Add Archcraft 2022-10-05 22:52:59 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
7db5167cac
Bump version to 4.3 2022-09-22 09:18:25 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
399fc26c10
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2022-09-22 09:17:05 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
40bc25fe87
Correct permissions 2022-09-22 09:16:57 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
ddbbc23d34
Replace discrete Hyper-V Enlightenments with hv_passthrough
https://www.qemu.org/docs/master/system/i386/hyperv.html#supplementary-features
2022-09-22 09:16:41 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
62b258c296
Refactor GUEST_TWEAKS for Windows 2022-09-22 09:13:48 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
19b9e8e910
Drop -smbios 2022-09-22 09:12:46 +01:00
Phil Clifford
747aaf6b45 Make quickget executable again
somwhere an executable bit or three dropped off
2022-09-22 09:10:37 +01:00
Phil Clifford
3b893afbe7 Add later and missed documentation updates in 4.2 to builder
Include change from PR 548
 - replace shallow with unblobby clone
Catch up with macOS note from merged PR 559
 - note on macOS filesystems

Co-authored-by: giladwo <giladwo@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by:  tinsami1 <tinsami1@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-09-22 09:10:11 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
8c1d867110
Enable grab-on-hover for SDL. Fixes #541 2022-09-20 14:18:19 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
e97b57352c
Do not use SDL for audio. Close #542
The QEMU manpage states: "This backend is available on most systems, but you should use your platform’s native backend if possible."
2022-09-20 13:53:59 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
e6b9954050
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2022-09-20 13:03:08 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
a29dcef6ed
Apply display= if set in the VM configuration. Close #520 2022-09-20 13:02:48 +01:00
Michael Tinsay
ed7bffda8d Additional note on filesystem to use 2022-09-20 11:37:23 +01:00
Phil Clifford
5a711439da updated docs for release 4.2 2022-09-20 11:36:46 +01:00
giladwo
bf3fb16921 Replace shallow clone with partial clone
As recommended in https://github.blog/2020-12-21-get-up-to-speed-with-partial-clone-and-shallow-clone/#user-content-quick-summary.
2022-09-20 11:36:11 +01:00
Phil Clifford
c4565b77f9
fix for dynamically selecting debian releases (#547)
* fix for dynamically selecting debian releases

* MX 21.2 released

* devuan chimaera 4.0.2 released

* deepin releases 20.6 and 20.7 added

* fix for dynamically selecting debian releases
2022-09-20 11:35:38 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
dc86cd6098
Add macOS Ventura placeholder to quickget 2022-09-20 11:34:02 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d07b719429
Suppress warnings 2022-09-19 13:25:09 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
5b14be93e0
Bump version to 4.2 2022-09-19 11:32:44 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
9793041b89
Fix MX Linux and ReactOS download. Close #557 2022-09-19 11:26:00 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
ddfc806435
Drop Regolith. Close #551 2022-09-19 11:21:36 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
71b4505e1e
Fix Windows download on IPv6 enabled hosts. Close #537 2022-09-19 11:01:43 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
31d3c1ac01
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2022-09-19 10:45:49 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
0ef66eb0e7
Add socat to requirements. Close #556 2022-09-19 10:43:14 +01:00
Phil Clifford
1a238de113 deepin releases 20.6 and 20.7 added 2022-09-19 10:36:08 +01:00
Phil Clifford
0317b5e75d devuan chimaera 4.0.2 released 2022-09-19 10:35:57 +01:00
Phil Clifford
7641ab5038 MX 21.2 released 2022-09-19 10:35:47 +01:00
Phil Clifford
e03c5e76ba debian 11.5 and 10.13 released 2022-09-19 10:34:33 +01:00
Phil Clifford
0185369632 Removed spurious duplication from documentation
Co-authored-by: mk3z <mk3z@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-09-07 10:02:18 +01:00
Phil Clifford
cc62b5ac78 Incorporate additional changes into generation 2022-08-20 00:07:19 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d1d7920f0a
Bump version to 4.1 2022-08-19 23:46:51 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
b19188c2dd
Update comment 2022-08-19 23:46:31 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
b05208c892
Catch reconfigured USB devices for pass-through. Close #433 2022-08-19 22:39:43 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
2e15b1219f
Allow persist MAC addresses for bridged interfaces. Fixes #287 2022-08-19 21:15:36 +01:00
Phil Clifford
8bb24f69c0 Updated for commits direct to README 2022-08-19 20:56:03 +01:00
Phil Clifford
d669c4ca2a parent ef4ca6b676
author Phil Clifford <philip.clifford@gmail.com> 1645494694 +0000
committer Phil Clifford <philip.clifford@gmail.com> 1645926095 +0000

rebasing upstream while trying to keep up
2022-08-19 20:56:03 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
ae57996d54
Configure network via VM configuration file. Fixes #478 #418 2022-08-19 18:47:38 +01:00
Robin Edser
c1c9aacaa8 Small README Typo in first example
Very subtle but important typo.
2022-08-19 18:02:12 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
0ee102dc4b
Do not enable SPICE when GTK or SDL are the selected display. Fixes #466
QEMU 7.0 introduces a change/regression where it is not possible to use GL accerlation via GTK/SDL displays and also bring up SPICE: https://gitlab.com/qemu-project/qemu/-/issues/1036

This patch prevents Quickemu from bringing up SPICE when GTK or SDK are selected as the display.
2022-08-19 17:56:39 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
1b151955b0
Refactor DISPLAY_RENDERER configuration 2022-08-19 17:49:59 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
eba2d52ba0
Optimise GPU acceleration for Windows guests 2022-08-19 17:49:08 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
b6dbfcbc35
Optimise GPU acceleration for Linux guests 2022-08-19 17:48:26 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
c22d0355b9
Refactor Display: status message 2022-08-19 17:42:58 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
92f3466d08
Make shellcheck happy 2022-08-19 17:40:57 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
55384b70b7
White space and comments 2022-08-19 17:40:22 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d94f0403c2
Consolidate macOS BOARD_IDs and MLBs 2022-08-19 17:39:13 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d0a59e161d
Configure audio device to best match the display 2022-08-19 17:35:08 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
9b5a6a44ac
Ensure only one scanout is present. Ref #222
Run QEMU with '-vga none' to avoid having two scanouts, one for VGA and another for virtio-vga-gl.

 - Workaround for a GTK assertion failure in gtk_widget_get_realized().
 - Allows seamless mouse in macOS when using the qxl-vga device.
 - Enables sane default resolutions in all support macOS versions.
2022-08-19 17:33:50 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
2071816ede
Add initial support for macOS Ventura 2022-08-19 17:20:06 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
02e0a9e55a
Document how to enable audio in macOS guests. Close #337 2022-08-19 17:17:58 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
c147560731
Refactor guest tweak for Batocera, KolobriOS, ReactOS, Haiku & FreeDOS 2022-08-19 17:16:54 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
d8417a6abe
Make shellcheck happy 2022-08-18 17:51:55 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
13abd0c5a7
Move MSR warning to an appropriate section of the status messages 2022-08-18 17:51:31 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
3f05e41e13
Clean up status messages 2022-08-18 16:02:59 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
74e72404b4
Automatically press any key when booting Windows install. Close #231 2022-08-18 16:02:35 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
fd105ab8f5
White space clean up 2022-08-18 12:57:24 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
275f057cdd
Limit macOS Monterey to 2 CPU cores. Close #438
Post-install the cpu_cores=2 can be removed from the virtual machine configuration file.
2022-08-18 12:55:47 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
10c35369a1
Don't pass-through the CPU for macOS guest on Intel CPU hosts. Close #502 2022-08-18 10:50:29 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
94ee99a48e
Add notes to work around MacOS App Store logins #474
This work around may work in some situations.
2022-08-18 10:48:16 +01:00
Phil Clifford
477d35dad7 try to support jammy daily testing 2022-08-18 09:57:26 +01:00
interorbital
0a7a38b915 added linuxmint 21 to quickget 2022-08-18 09:57:14 +01:00
Jake Halaska
1522e4b1a4 Force IPv4 on android mirror 2022-08-18 09:56:59 +01:00
Deihim Poornader
309057f984 Add udp port forward
Add udp port forward, which can be useful for windows rdp udp acceleration.
2022-08-18 09:48:35 +01:00
Deihim Poornader
6474505dc2 Update quickemu
Limit spice to localhost, preventing potential unauthorized access.
2022-08-18 09:48:22 +01:00
Phil Clifford
573b2566cb
Add super-size for some Zorin options (#522)
test the EDITION for those that need a large disk

Co-authored-by: Martin Wimpress <304639+flexiondotorg@users.noreply.github.com>
2022-08-18 09:47:59 +01:00
Dani Llewellyn
e19a2ce837 Remove duplicate option (usb_controller)
the default for `usb_controller` is set twice in `quickemu` script.

Remove the second `usb_controller` default setting.
2022-08-18 09:46:29 +01:00
3nprob
8e8c65eac6
Allow overriding some VM arguments via env vars (#519)
* allow overriding MACHINE_TYPE,MAC_DISK_DEV,NET_DEVICE,SMM via env vars

* allow overriding EFI_CODE,EFI_EXTRA_VARS
2022-08-18 09:45:10 +01:00
Graham Ashton
1b1bd84e6a Add script to retrieve Windows product keys 2022-08-18 09:44:43 +01:00
Mikael Bak
600ada52ae
Add reactos (#423)
* Add initial support for ReactOS

* Move code block to be able to override default cdrom settings
2022-08-18 09:44:09 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
52f298ba8b
Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' 2022-08-01 11:21:53 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
54908fa3da
Bump the version to 4.0 2022-08-01 11:21:47 +01:00
Phil Clifford
7e0c00bfe7 Last change hopefully 2022-08-01 11:17:14 +01:00
Phil Clifford
2e5785286f doc refresh to include option 2022-08-01 11:17:14 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
ab2e7e5300
Create a known local user account for Windows. Closes #312
Username: Quickemu
Password: quickemu
2022-08-01 11:04:22 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
4e836b78fe
Collapse component in unattended.xml 2022-08-01 10:16:51 +01:00
MatejSpindler
7ce97daf27
Add multiscreen mode (#473)
Enable multiscreen with max_outputs for the virtio-vga if user configures max_outputs in the .conf file
2022-08-01 09:23:19 +01:00
infokiller
e8b1b7cb3e
Add support for spice-app (#510)
* Add spice-app as display option

* Rework how we set the default OUTPUT
variable display is never set and display_param_check is already checked when parsing options

* enable overriding the gl param

3d acceleration is not stable on some setups (looking at you, nvidia)

Co-authored-by: Matej <spindler.matej@gmail.com>
2022-08-01 09:22:12 +01:00
Vladislav Nepogodin
f65b8e328b new release 2022-08-01 09:15:35 +01:00
Phil Clifford
45722ac1f8
Oracle Linux 9.0 added (#513)
* chore: docs submodule

* Oracle Linux Release 9.0 added

also removed some early obsoleted 8.x releases
2022-08-01 09:14:53 +01:00
Phil Clifford
b7e1fba117
Correct batocera for release 34 (#512)
* chore: docs submodule

* check for current batocera release at runtime
2022-08-01 09:14:21 +01:00
Phil Clifford
d0c2bb228a
New release docs with cogged README (#508) 2022-07-30 07:56:23 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
39da52a3bf
Bump the version to 3.16 2022-07-29 11:45:59 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
974c9ab5fa
White space clean up 2022-07-29 09:31:10 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
02b09416d5
Drop Alma 8.5. Close #500 2022-07-24 01:28:18 +01:00
Abe Hanoka
76bb64035d
fix window 11 config example (#497) 2022-07-24 01:23:04 +01:00
kaikikokuke
601273de40
Updates MSRs alert comment to include windows (#507)
Adds windows to MSRs alert comment in addition to macOS
2022-07-24 01:22:01 +01:00
Phil Clifford
b540471acc
Update latest Rocky to 9.0 release (#506)
also reflect changed name for dvd iso
2022-07-24 01:21:41 +01:00
Phil Clifford
cfadfde2b7
Add 11.4.0 current live release (#503)
* Add 11.4.0 current live release

* move latest debian on so last switches to archive
2022-07-24 01:20:49 +01:00
Phil Clifford
da30757832
Remove Impish at EOL 14/7/2022 (#495) 2022-07-24 01:19:19 +01:00
Philip Crockett
677b3e3874
Support Pop!_OS 22.04 (#493) 2022-07-24 01:19:04 +01:00
Phil Clifford
cb0922de20
Add OpenSuSE 15.4 release (#489) 2022-07-24 01:17:54 +01:00
Phil Clifford
0390dcf652
add LMDE (#484)
requested in #482
2022-07-24 01:17:23 +01:00
Phil Clifford
f127cca13b
add Release 20.3 (#483)
requested in #482
2022-07-24 01:16:37 +01:00
Dimitris
95c72d3eef
Update NixOS releases (#479) 2022-07-24 01:16:24 +01:00
Philipp Kiemle
fe46fffeff
Make Fedora 36 available (#477)
Closes #471
2022-07-24 01:16:05 +01:00
Heysion
f061991b67
feat: add deepin support (#475)
add deepin v20 support

Log:

Co-authored-by: Heysion Y <heysion@deepin.com>
2022-07-24 01:15:52 +01:00
Scott Travis
790c626993
Add support for CentOS Stream (#464)
* Add support for CentOS Stream

Supports CentOS Stream releases 8 and 9, editions 'dvd1' and 'boot'.

* Rename 'centos' to 'centos-stream' for clarity
2022-07-24 01:13:00 +01:00
Phil Clifford
4f3f5f2b58
updated mxlinux release to 21.1 (#462) 2022-07-24 01:12:33 +01:00
Phil Clifford
dea192b785
add warning for unsupported fedora spins (#461) 2022-07-24 01:11:46 +01:00
Phil Clifford
35b90f77e0
changed haiku mirror as cdn no longer resolves (#460)
NY set as it seemed good enough.  Other working options left in comments in case
2022-07-24 01:11:03 +01:00
Phil Clifford
a5b792de21
update openBSD releases (#459) 2022-07-24 01:10:35 +01:00
Phil Clifford
349b9df81c
removed obsolete 12.2 version (#458) 2022-07-24 01:10:21 +01:00
Phil Clifford
3f0dfaf9a0
Update Alma releases (#457)
* Update Alma for available releases

8.4 removed and current  betas added

* fixed for beta paths

* Alma 9.0 released
2022-07-24 01:09:40 +01:00
Steffen Dirkwinkel
c1c5e27538
quickget: get_windows: validate that download url leads to microsoft cdn (#455)
For windows downloads hashes aren't validated via hashes. Let's at least
validate that downloads are coming from microsoft via https.

Signed-off-by: Steffen Dirkwinkel <me@steffen.cc>
2022-07-24 01:09:19 +01:00
dabrown645
68729159cb
Update Garuda to Release: latest & get Editions from web site (#453) 2022-07-24 01:08:54 +01:00
Phil Clifford
582dd448fa
add support for EndeavourOS (#449) 2022-07-24 01:07:33 +01:00
goosepirate
ace75eee9d
Mention SPICE Windows guest tools in README (#440) 2022-07-24 01:07:08 +01:00
Eli Array Minkoff
ac0ad82752 Add shebang to conf and mark it as executable 2022-07-24 01:06:09 +01:00
Phil Clifford
ab1d9672ac
Add filter to choose iso files in daily-live (#430)
fix: #429
2022-07-24 01:03:37 +01:00
Phil Clifford
ecc37fa329
Additional OVMF paths for recently updated Solus hosts (#422)
* Extra OVMF search paths needed for Solus
who have moved things around

also spotted a possible typo to investigate in the void additions

* Revert "updated submodule position"

This reverts commit 9648f79b81b5e72465785993bc62469130ac848f.

* minor cleanup

* try realign submodule backwards
2022-07-24 00:59:39 +01:00
Phil Clifford
7d1e909088
Cleanly Add Batocera (#403)
just batocera

removed leakage from ludos
2022-07-24 00:59:15 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
9e368b64bc Add support for "extra_args" in commandline 2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
1174282660 fix code duplication 2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
29efdbbdc0 Improve support for keyboard, mouse and usb-controller
- add support to choose preferred usb-controller either ehci (USB2.0) or xhci (USB 3.0)
- add support to choose preferred keyboard either ps2, usb or virtio
- add support to choose preferred keyboard-layout
- add support to choose preferred mouse either ps2, usb, tablet, virtio
- fix some bugs regarding missing variables - releated to MONTITOR_TELNET_* and SERIAL_TELNET_*
- Support implemented on commandline as well as for configuration file
2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
a13e6735e7 Add support to connect guest-console via serial
- support commandline parameter --serial, --serial-telnet-host and
  --serial-telnet-port
- support serial options: 'socket', 'telnet' and 'none'
- add support to find free ports for monitor-telnet and serial-telnet
- replace nc with socat
- change default port for monitor-telnet to 4440
- some bugfix
2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
bd00b34067 Add support to send command to QEMU-Monitor
- Add commandline parameter --monitor-cmd
- Support implemented on commandline as well as for configuration file
2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
21788f525d Add support for qemu-monitor and custom public-directory
- Add commandline parameter --public-dir for custom directory
- Add commandline parameter --monitor for qemu-monitor support
- Add commandline parameter --monitor-telnet-host and --monitor-telnet-port to configure qemu-monitor via telnet
- <VMNAME>.ports enhanced to provide data for monitor-telnet
- Support implemented on commandline as well as for configuration file
- Fixed bug regarding extra_args
2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Radomir Ochtyra
8a2057715c Add support to reuse remote-client when call command again and support for other clients
- add suport for custom ssh-port and spice-port
- add suport for alternate viewer: 'remote-viewer' and 'none'
- support implemented on commandline as well as for configuration file
2022-07-24 00:58:14 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
187da46c3b
Bump version to 3.15 2022-04-22 09:53:12 +01:00
Heysion
71a1efaceb
fix: update debian upstream version 11.3.0 (#436)
update debian upstream version 11.3.0

Log:

Co-authored-by: Heysion <heysion@deepin.com>
2022-04-22 09:45:14 +01:00
franksmcb
4e196d57b0
Add 22.04 support for Ubuntu and flavours (#441) 2022-04-22 09:44:23 +01:00
Martin Wimpress
6cea15885b
Bump version to 3.14 2022-03-11 16:17:22 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
6c77698c92
Make Ubuntu daily-live VM_PATH consistent with the config filename 2022-03-11 16:15:44 +00:00
Phil Clifford
09a707846c
Fixed boot problems and logic correction in FreeDOS support. Fixes #382 (#421)
* minor correction in freedos

* freedos fix - boot problems needed smm on
2022-03-11 15:25:36 +00:00
Ranjan Purbey
5bc27ee469
Respect edition param when quickgetting freebsd (#418) 2022-03-11 15:23:45 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
3940f7b452
Drop Manjaro Deeping. CLoses #405 2022-03-01 11:14:01 +00:00
takov751
0c487682d9
fix get_opensuse and get_rockylinux hash (#404)
* fix get_opensuse hash

* fix rockylinux hash

there was a iso.manifast in the hash file as well which caused issue with hash output

Co-authored-by: takov751 <takov751@protonmail.com>
2022-03-01 11:11:36 +00:00
Phil Clifford
a6073dfd5b
Tidy flavour lts (#401)/ Closes #402
Filter ubuntu flavour LTS availability
2022-03-01 11:10:53 +00:00
Phil Clifford
9725cb186f
Fix Garuda targets (#400) Fixes #399
Corrected Garuda sources
2022-03-01 11:07:50 +00:00
Phil Clifford
bdfbf9b66f
Latest re-generated docs (#397) 2022-03-01 11:06:05 +00:00
Dale Visser
ef4ca6b676
A little help for SSH access into a headless VM (#388)
As I learned today on the Discord server.
2022-02-25 23:04:29 +00:00
Phil Clifford
31783f3b95
add build-doc submodule (#371)
* add build-doc submodule

* updated generated README.md via submodule

* trying to keep up... re-generating

* updated submodule position

* regenerated with fixed braille parameter

* keeping up

* revert README.md to upstream for noise-suppression

* merged prettyname fixes

* update ubuntu releases from name to number
2022-02-25 23:04:10 +00:00
Phil Clifford
47b2479d92
Add docs folder (#366)
* generated man pages added

* updated dates and tidy footers

* reflect removal of localiso feature

* trying to keep up... re-generating

* merged up to 4ec224c and regenerated

* minor removal ommission fixed

* Regenerated README.md added

only significant difference is Slackware display name is
 as per quickget

* change variant to edition per refactoring

* updated manuals with new braille parameter

* updated generated Readme with new braille parameter

* keepeing up

* revert README.md to upstream for noise-suppression

* fixed pretty name issue in manuals

* fixed pretty name issues in Readme

* fixed conflict

* update ubuntu releases from name to number
2022-02-25 23:03:58 +00:00
Phil Clifford
03c5b9fc52
Workaround zsync http-only failures (#396)
* trying to keep up... re-generating

* revert README.md to upstream for noise-suppression

* regenerated Readme for 3.13

* Fix for zsync https failure
2022-02-25 23:01:51 +00:00
Martin Wimpress
fb771265f1
Minor clean up of FreeDOS support 2022-02-24 23:04:35 +00:00
nqvrg
ebc83ebacf
Add FreeDOS support (#374)
* Add support for FreeDOS 1.2 to quickget

* Add support for freedos guests to quickemu

* Add support for FreeDOS 1.3 to quickget

* Force qemu to keep booting from cd after formatting disk

* Adjust VM settings

* Refactor FreeDOS to use create_vm

* Add FreeDOS to README

* Add unzip to README as a dependency
2022-02-24 22:31:23 +00:00
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<div align="center"><img src=".github/screenshot.png" alt="Quickemu Screenshot" /></div>
<p align="center">Made with 💝 for <img src=".github/tux.png" align="top" width="18" /></p>
Introduction
------------
## Introduction
Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for
Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. You decide what
operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best
way to do it for you. For example:
``` {.bash}
quickget ubuntu-mate impish
quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-impish.conf
``` bash
quickget ubuntu-mate 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf
```
The original objective of the project was to enable quick testing of
@ -28,18 +27,21 @@ and no elevated permissions are required to run the virtual machines.
**Quickemu now also includes comprehensive support for macOS and
Windows**.
Features
--------
## Features
- **macOS** Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave & High Sierra
- **Windows** 8.1, 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
- [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
- **Windows** 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
- [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu
flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
- **Over 360 operating system editions are supported!**
- Full SPICE support including host/guest clipboard sharing
- VirtIO-webdavd file sharing for Linux and Windows guests
- VirtIO-9p file sharing for Linux and macOS guests
- [QEMU Guest Agent support](https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent); provides access to a system-level agent via standard QMP commands
- Samba file sharing for Linux, macOS and Windows guests (*if `smbd` is installed on the host*)
- [QEMU Guest Agent
support](https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent); provides access
to a system-level agent via standard QMP commands
- Samba file sharing for Linux, macOS and Windows guests (*if `smbd`
is installed on the host*)
- VirGL acceleration
- USB device pass-through
- Smartcard pass-through
@ -63,10 +65,10 @@ Quickemu.
[![Replace VirtualBox with Bash &
QEMU](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AOTYWEgw0hI/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTYWEgw0hI)
Requirements
------------
## Requirements
- [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) (*6.0.0 or newer*) **with GTK, SDL, SPICE & VirtFS support**
- [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) (*6.0.0 or newer*) **with GTK, SDL,
SPICE & VirtFS support**
- [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (*4.0 or newer*)
- [Coreutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/)
- [EDK II](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2)
@ -80,18 +82,46 @@ Requirements
- [usbutils](https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils)
- [util-linux](https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux)
- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
- [socat](http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/)
- [spicy](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-gtk)
- [swtpm](https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm)
- [Wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
- [xdg-user-dirs](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/)
- [xrandr](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrandr)
- [zsync](http://zsync.moria.org.uk/)
- [unzip](http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html)
Usage
=====
### Installing Requirements
Graphical User Interfaces
-------------------------
For Ubuntu, Arch and nixos systems the
[ppa](https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/quickemu),
[AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu) or
[nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/development/quickemu)
packaging will take care of the dependencies. For other host
distributions or operating systems it will be necessary to install the
above requirements or their equivalents.
These examples may save a little typing
Debian (and direct derivatives such as MX Linux):
sudo apt install qemu bash coreutils ovmf grep jq lsb-base procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-client-gtk libtss2-tcti-swtpm0 wget xdg-user-dirs zsync unzip
Fedora:
sudo dnf install qemu bash coreutils edk2-tools grep jq lsb procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-gtk-tools swtpm wget xdg-user-dirs xrandr unzip
MacOS:
This is a work in progress (see [issue
248](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/248) for other
steps and changes that may enable running on MacOS)
brew install qemu bash coreutils grep jq python@3.10 cdrtools gnu-sed spice-gtk wget zsync
# Usage
## Graphical User Interfaces
While `quickemu` and `quickget` are designed for the terminal, a
graphical user interface is also available:
@ -106,34 +136,31 @@ Many thanks to [Luke Wesley-Holley](https://github.com/Lukewh) and
### Quickgui for Ubuntu
``` {.bash}
``` bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannick-mauray/quickgui
sudo apt update
sudo apt install quickgui
```
Install Quickemu
================
# Install Quickemu
Ubuntu
------
## Ubuntu
Quickemu is available from a PPA for Ubuntu users. The Quickemu PPA also
includes a back port of QEMU 6.0.0 for 20.04 (Focal) and 21.04
(Hirsute). To install Quickemu and all the dependencies run the
following in a terminal:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:flexiondotorg/quickemu
sudo apt update
sudo apt install quickemu
```
Other Linux
-----------
## Other Linux
``` {.bash}
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu
``` bash
git clone --filter=blob:none https://github.com/wimpysworld/quickemu
cd quickemu
```
@ -154,24 +181,23 @@ status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/quickemu.svg)](https://repo
[![Packaging
status](https://repology.org/badge/vertical-allrepos/quickgui.svg)](https://repology.org/project/quickgui/versions)
Ubuntu Guest
------------
## Ubuntu Guest
`quickget` will automatically download an Ubuntu release and create the
virtual machine configuration.
``` {.bash}
quickget ubuntu focal
quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal.conf
``` bash
quickget ubuntu 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) to enable copy/paste
and USB redirection
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection
- `sudo apt install spice-vdagent`
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) to enable file
sharing.
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
- `sudo apt install spice-webdavd`
### Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
@ -179,7 +205,7 @@ quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal.conf
`quickget` can also download/refresh devel images via `zsync` for Ubuntu
developers and testers.
``` {.bash}
``` bash
quickget ubuntu devel
quickemu --vm ubuntu-devel.conf
```
@ -196,52 +222,72 @@ with your preferred flavour.
- `kubuntu` (Kubuntu)
- `lubuntu` (Lubuntu)
- `ubuntu-budgie` (Ubuntu Budgie)
- `ubuntu-kylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
- `ubuntucinnamon` (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
- `ubuntukylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
- `ubuntu-mate` (Ubuntu MATE)
- `ubuntu-studio` (Ubuntu Studio)
- `ubuntu-server` (Ubuntu Server)
- `ubuntustudio` (Ubuntu Studio)
- `ubuntu` (Ubuntu)
- `ubuntu-unity` (Ubuntu Unity)
- `xubuntu` (Xubuntu)
Other Operating Systems
-----------------------
## Other Operating Systems
`quickget` also supports:
- `alma` (Alma Linux)
- `alpine` (Alpine Linux)
- `android` (Android x86)
- `archcraft` (Archcraft)
- `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
- `arcolinux` (Arco Linux)
- `batocera` (Batocera)
- `blendos` (BlendOS)
- `cachyos` (CachyOS)
- `centos-stream` (CentOS Stream)
- `debian` (Debian)
- `deepin` (Deepin)
- `devuan` (Devuan)
`dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
- `dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
- `elementary` (elementary OS)
- `endeavouros` (EndeavourOS)
- `endless` (Endless OS)
- `fedora` (Fedora)
- `freebsd` (FreeBSD)
- `garuda` (Garuda Linux)
- `freedos` (FreeDOS)
- `gentoo` (Gentoo)
- `ghostbsd` (GhostBSD)
- `haiku` (Haiku)
- `holoiso` (HoloISO)
- `kali` (Kali)
- `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
- `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
- `linuxmint` (Linux Mint)
- `lmde` (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
- `mageia` (Mageia)
- `manjaro` (Manjaro)
- `mxlinux` (MX Linux)
- `netboot` (netboot.xyz)
- `netbsd` (NetBSD)
- `nixos` (NixOS)
- `openbsd` (OpenBSD)
- `openindiana` (OpenIndiana)
- `opensuse` (openSUSE)
- `oraclelinux` (Oracle Linux)
- `popos` (Pop!\_OS)
- `regolith` (Regolith Linux)
- `reactos` (ReactOS)
- `rebornos` (RebornOS)
- `rockylinux` (Rocky Linux)
- `siduction` (Siduction)
- `slackware` (Slackware)
- `solus` (Solus)
- `tails` (Tails)
- `truenas-core` (TrueNAS Core)
- `truenas-scale` (TrueNAS Scale)
- `vanillaos` (Vanilla OS)
- `void` (Void Linux)
- `vxlinux` (VX Linux)
- `xerolinux` (XeroLinux)
- `zorin` (Zorin OS)
Or you can download a Linux image and manually create a VM
@ -250,7 +296,7 @@ configuration.
- Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
- Create a VM configuration file; for example `debian-bullseye.conf`
``` {.bash}
``` bash
guest_os="linux"
disk_img="debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2"
iso="debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"
@ -258,24 +304,23 @@ iso="debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"
- Use `quickemu` to start the virtual machine:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
quickemu --vm debian-bullseye.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) to enable copy/paste
and USB redirection.
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) to enable file
sharing.
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection.
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
macOS Guest
-----------
## macOS Guest
`quickget` automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and creates a
virtual machine configuration.
``` {.bash}
``` bash
quickget macos catalina
quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
```
@ -286,13 +331,14 @@ supported.
- Use cursor keys and enter key to select the **macOS Base System**
- From **macOS Utilities**
- Click **Disk Utility** and **Continue**
- On macOS Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey
- Select `Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Media` from the list and
click **Erase**.
- On macOS Mojave and High Sierra
- Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (\~103.08GB) from the list
and click **Erase**.
- Enter a `Name:` for the disk and click **Erase**.
- Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (\~103.08GB) from the list (on
Big Sur and above use `Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device`) and
click **Erase**.
- Enter a `Name:` for the disk
- If you are installing macOS Mojave or later (Catalina, Big
Sur, and Monterey), choose any of the APFS options as the
filesystem. MacOS Extended may not work.
- Click **Erase**.
- Click **Done**.
- Close Disk Utility
- From **macOS Utilities**
@ -302,10 +348,47 @@ supported.
**macOS Installer**
- On the subsequent reboots use cursor keys and enter key to
select the disk you named
- Once you have finished installing macOS you will be presented with
an the out-of-the-box first-start wizard to configure various
options and set up your username and password
- OPTIONAL: After you have concluded the out-of-the-box wizard, you
may want to enable the TRIM feature that the computer industry
created for SSD disks. This feature in our macOS installation will
allow QuickEmu to compact (shrink) your macOS disk image whenever
you delete files inside the Virtual Machine. Without this step your
macOS disk image will only ever get larger and will not shrink even
when you delete lots of data inside macOS.
- To enable TRIM, open the Terminal application and type the
following command followed by pressing
command on the hard disk when files are deleted:
``` bash
sudo trimforce enable
```
You will be prompted to enter your account's password to gain the
privilege needed. Once you've entered your password and pressed
in the form of two questions that require you to type
response as though you said "no":
``` plain
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tool force-enables TRIM for all relevant attached devices, even though such devices may not have been validated for data integrity while using TRIM. Use of this tool to enable TRIM may result in unintended data loss or data corruption. It should not be used in a commercial operating environment or with important data. Before using this tool, you should back up all of your data and regularly back up data while TRIM is enabled. This tool is provided on an "as is" basis. APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THIS TOOL OR ITS USE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES. BY USING THIS TOOL TO ENABLE TRIM, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE TOOL IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Are you sure you with to proceed (y/N)?
```
And a second confirmation once you've confirmed the previous one:
``` plain
Your system will immediately reboot when this is complete.
Is this OK (y/N)?
```
As the last message states, your system will automatically reboot as
soon as the command completes.
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
guest_os="macos"
img="macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img"
disk_img="macos-catalina/disk.qcow2"
@ -349,50 +432,64 @@ There are some considerations when running macOS via Quickemu.
- UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
- XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
- Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
- Full Duplex audio works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
- **macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all**.
- **Full Duplex audio requires [VoodooHDA
OC](https://github.com/chris1111/VoodooHDA-OC) or pass-through a USB
audio-device to the macOS guest VM**.
- NOTE! [Gatekeeper](https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/) and
[System Integrity Protection
(SIP)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection)
need to be disabled to install VoodooHDA OC
- File sharing between guest and host is available via
[virtio-9p](https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup) and [SPICE
webdavd](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/phodav/-/merge_requests/24).
- Copy/paste via SPICE agent is **not available on macOS**.
Windows 8.1, 10 & 11 Guests
---------------------------
### macOS App Store
`quickget` can automatically download Windows 8.1, [Windows
10](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows10ISO) and
[Windows
11](https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/software-download/windows11) along
with the [VirtIO drivers for
Windows](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/)
and creates a virtual machine configuration.
If you see *"Your device or computer could not be verified"* when you
try to login to the App Store, make sure that your wired ethernet device
is `en0`. Use `ifconfig` in a terminal to verify this.
``` {.bash}
If the wired ethernet device is not `en0`, then then go to *System
Preferences* -\> *Network*, delete all the network devices and apply the
changes. Next, open a terminal and run the following:
``` bash
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
```
Now reboot, and the App Store should work.
## Windows 10 & 11 Guests
`quickget` can download
[Windows10](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10) and
[Windows 11](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
automatically and create an optimised virtual machine configuration.
This configuration also includes the [VirtIO drivers for
Windows](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/).
``` bash
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11.conf
quickemu --vm windows-11-22H2.conf
```
- Complete the installation as you normally would.
- All relevant drivers and services should be installed automatically.
### Regional versions
By default `quickget` will download the *"English International"*
release, but you can optionally specify one of the supported languages:
For example:
``` {.bash}
quickget windows 11 "Chinese (Traditional)"
```
- A local adminstrator user account is automatically created, with
these credentials:
- Username: `Quickemu`
- Password: `quickemu`
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
guest_os="windows"
disk_img="windows-11/disk.qcow2"
iso="windows-11/Win11_EnglishInternational_x64.iso"
iso="windows-11/windows-11.iso"
fixed_iso="windows-11/virtio-win.iso"
tpm="on"
secureboot="on"
```
- `guest_os="windows"` instructs `quickemu` to optimise for Windows.
@ -400,8 +497,7 @@ tpm="on"
- `tpm="on"` instructs `quickemu` to create a software emulated TPM
device using `swtpm`.
SPICE
=====
# SPICE
The following features are available while using the SPICE protocol:
@ -413,47 +509,49 @@ To use SPICE add `--display spice` to the Quickemu invocation, this
requires that the `spicy` client is installed, available from the
`spice-client-gtk` package in Debian/Ubuntu.
``` {.bash}
quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal.conf --display spice
``` bash
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf --display spice
```
Headless
--------
To enable copy/paste with a Windows guest, install [SPICE Windows guest
tools](https://www.spice-space.org/download.html) in the guest VM.
## Headless
To start a VM with SPICE enabled, but no display attached use
`--display none`. This requires that the `spicy` client is installed,
available from the `spice-client-gtk` package in Debian/Ubuntu to
connect to the running VM
``` {.bash}
quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal.conf --display none
``` bash
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf --display none
```
You can also use the `.ports` file in the VM directory to lookup what
SSH and SPICE ports the VM is connected to.
``` {.bash}
cat ubuntu-focal/ubuntu-focal.ports
``` bash
cat ubuntu-22.04/ubuntu-22.04.ports
```
Accessibility
=============
If, for example, the SSH port is set to 22220, and assuming your VM has
a started SSH service (details vary by OS), you can typically SSH into
it from the host as follows:
``` bash
ssh -p 22220 your_vm_user@localhost
```
# Accessibility
Qemu provides support for using BrlAPI to display braille output on a
real or fake device.
``` {.bash}
quickemu --vm ubuntu-impish.conf --accessibility braille --display sdl
``` bash
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf --braille --display sdl
```
or even
``` {.bash}
quickemu --vm ubuntu-impish.conf --acc brl --display sdl
```
BIOS and EFI
============
# BIOS and EFI
Since Quickemu 2.1.0 `efi` is the default boot option. If you want to
override this behaviour then add the following line to you VM
@ -461,8 +559,7 @@ configuration to enable legacy BIOS.
- `boot="legacy"` - Enable Legacy BIOS boot
Tuning CPU cores, RAM & disks
=============================
# Tuning CPU cores, RAM & disks
By default, Quickemu will calculate the number of CPUs cores and RAM to
allocate to a VM based on the specifications of your host computer. You
@ -477,8 +574,7 @@ Add additional lines to your virtual machine configuration:
- `disk_size="16G"` - Specify the size of the virtual disk allocated
to the VM
Disk preallocation
------------------
## Disk preallocation
Preallocation mode (allowed values: `off` (default), `metadata`,
`falloc`, `full`). An image with preallocated metadata is initially
@ -490,16 +586,14 @@ configuration.
- `preallocation="metadata"`
CD-ROM disks
------------
## CD-ROM disks
If you want to expose an ISO image from the host to guest add the
following line to the VM configuration:
- `fixed_iso="/path/to/image.iso"`
Floppy disks
------------
## Floppy disks
If you're like [Alan Pope](https://popey.com) you'll probably want to
mount a floppy disk image in the guest. To do so add the following line
@ -507,14 +601,12 @@ to the VM configuration:
- `floppy="/path/to/floppy.img"`
File Sharing
============
# File Sharing
All File Sharing options will only expose `~/Public` (or localised
variations) for the current user to the guest VMs.
Samba 🐧 🍏 🪟
-----------
## Samba 🐧 🍏 🪟
If `smbd` is available on the host, Quickemu will automatically enable
the built-in QEMU support for exposing a Samba share from the host to
@ -522,22 +614,28 @@ the guest.
You can install the minimal Samba components on Ubuntu using:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends samba
```
SPICE WebDAV 🐧 🪟
----------------
If everything is set up correctly, the `smbd` address will be printed
when the virtual machine is started. For example:
- smbd: On guest: smb://10.0.2.4/qemu
If using a Windows guest, right-click on "This PC", click "Add a network
location", and paste this address, removing `smb:` and replacing forward
slashes with backslashes (in this example `\\10.0.2.4\qemu`).
## SPICE WebDAV 🐧 🪟
- TBD
VirtIO-9P 🐧 🍏
-------------
## VirtIO-9P 🐧 🍏
- TBD
Network port forwarding
=======================
# Network port forwarding
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration. For
example:
@ -549,30 +647,54 @@ In the example above:
- Port 8123 on the host is forwarded to port 8123 on the guest.
- Port 8888 on the host is forwarded to port 80 on the guest.
Bridged networking
==================
# Disable networking
To completely disable all network interfaces in a guest VM add this
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `network="none"`
# Restricted networking
You can isolate the guest from the host (and broader network) using the
restrict option, which will restrict networking to just the guest and
any virtual devices.
This can be used to prevent software running inside the guest from
phoning home while still providing a network inside the guest. Add this
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `network="restrict"`
# Bridged networking
Connect your virtual machine to a preconfigured network bridge. Add an
additional line to your virtual machine configuration
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `bridge="br0"`
- `network="br0"`
USB redirection
===============
If you want to have a persistent MAC address for your bridged network
interface in the guest VM you can add `macaddr` to the virtual machine
configuration. QEMU requires that the MAC address is in the range:
**52:54:00:AB:00:00 - 52:54:00:AB:FF:FF**
So you can generate your own MAC addresses with:
- `macaddr="52:54:00:AB:51:AE"`
# USB redirection
Quickemu supports USB redirection via SPICE pass-through and host
pass-through.
SPICE redirection (recommended)
-------------------------------
## SPICE redirection (recommended)
Using SPICE for USB pass-through is easiest as it doesn't require any
elevated permission, start Quickemu with `--display spice` and then
select `Input` -\> `Select USB Device for redirection` from the menu to
choose which device(s) you want to attach to the guest.
Host redirection **NOT Recommended**
------------------------------------
## Host redirection **NOT Recommended**
**USB host redirection is not recommended**, it is provided purely for
backwards compatibility to older versions of Quickemu. Using SPICE is
@ -585,9 +707,9 @@ example:
In the example above:
- The USB device with vendor\_id 046d and product\_id 082d will be
- The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 082d will be
exposed to the guest.
- The USB device with vendor\_id 046d and product\_id 085e will be
- The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 085e will be
exposed to the guest.
If the USB devices are not writable, `quickemu` will display the
@ -599,56 +721,79 @@ like this:
sudo chown -v root:user /dev/bus/usb/001/005
ERROR! USB permission changes are required 👆
TPM
===
# TPM
Since Quickemu 2.2.0 a software emulated TPM device can be added to
guest virtual machines. Just add `tpm="on"` to your VM configuration.
`quickget` will automatically add this line to Windows 11 virtual
machines.
All the options
===============
# All the options
Here are the usage instructions:
``` {.bash}
<!-- [[[cog
import subprocess
import cog
# cannot use check_result() because of non-zero return
result=subprocess.run(["./quickemu", "--help"], capture_output=True, text=True)
help=result.stdout
cog.out(f"\n```\n{help}\n```\n")
]]] -->
```
Usage
quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf
You can also pass optional parameters
--braille : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
--delete-disk : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
--delete-vm : Delete the entire VM and it's configuration
--display : Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none', or 'spice'
--fullscreen : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
--ignore-msrs-always : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
--screen <screen> : Use specified screen to determine the window size.
--shortcut : Create a desktop shortcut
--snapshot apply <tag> : Apply/restore a snapshot.
--snapshot create <tag> : Create a snapshot.
--snapshot delete <tag> : Delete a snapshot.
--snapshot info : Show disk/snapshot info.
--status-quo : Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
--version : Print version
--braille : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
--delete-disk : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
--delete-vm : Delete the entire VM and it's configuration
--display : Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none', 'spice' or 'spice-app'
--fullscreen : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
--ignore-msrs-always : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
--screen <screen> : Use specified screen to determine the window size.
--screenpct <percent> : Percent of fullscreen for VM if --fullscreen is not specified.
--shortcut : Create a desktop shortcut
--snapshot apply <tag> : Apply/restore a snapshot.
--snapshot create <tag> : Create a snapshot.
--snapshot delete <tag> : Delete a snapshot.
--snapshot info : Show disk/snapshot info.
--status-quo : Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
--viewer <viewer> : Choose an alternative viewer. @Options: 'spicy' (default), 'remote-viewer', 'none'
--ssh-port <port> : Set ssh-port manually
--spice-port <port> : Set spice-port manually
--public-dir <path> : expose share directory. @Options: '' (default: xdg-user-dir PUBLICSHARE), '<directory>', 'none'
--monitor <type> : Set monitor connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--monitor-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for monitor. (default: 'localhost')
--monitor-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for monitor. (default: '4440')
--monitor-cmd <cmd> : Send command to monitor if available. (Example: system_powerdown)
--serial <type> : Set serial connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--serial-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for serial. (default: 'localhost')
--serial-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for serial. (default: '6660')
--keyboard <type> : Set keyboard. @Options: 'usb' (default), 'ps2', 'virtio'
--keyboard_layout <layout> : Set keyboard layout.
--mouse <type> : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'
--usb-controller <type> : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'
--extra_args <arguments> : Pass additional arguments to qemu
--version : Print version
```
<!-- [[[end]]] -->
Desktop shortcuts
-----------------
## Desktop shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts can be created for a VM, the shortcuts are saved in
`~/.local/share/applications`. Here is an example of how to create a
shortcut.
``` {.bash}
quickemu --vm ubuntu-focal-desktop.conf --shortcut
``` bash
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04-desktop.conf --shortcut
```
Screen and window size (Linux guests only)
------------------------------------------
## Screen and window size (Linux guests only)
`qemu` will always default to the primary monitor to display the VM's
window.
@ -669,13 +814,13 @@ must match the resolution of the screen.
To know which screen to use, type:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
xrandr --listmonitors | grep -v Monitors
```
The command will output something like this:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
0: +*HDMI-0 2560/597x1440/336+1920+0 HDMI-0
1: +DVI-D-0 1920/527x1080/296+0+0 DVI-D-0
```
@ -684,7 +829,7 @@ The first number is what needs to be passed to the `--screen` option.
For example:
``` {.bash}
``` bash
quickemu --vm vm.conf --screen 0
```
@ -693,8 +838,12 @@ which Quickemu sizes to 2048x1152. Without the `--screen` option,
Quickemu would have used the 1920x1080 monitor which results in a window
size of 1664x936.
References
==========
The '--screenpct' is an optional interger value between 25 \<= pct \<
100 which will override system default screen sizes. The VM size will be
'pct' of the chosen screen. **If --fullscreen is chosen screen will be
fullsize instead of being scaled down by --screenpct value.**
# References
Useful reference that assisted the development of Quickemu.

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ifeq ($(PREFIX),)
PREFIX := /usr/local
endif
datarootdir := $(PREFIX)/share
datadir := $(datarootdir)
mandir := $(datarootdir)/man
bindir := $(PREFIX)/bin
all: quickget.1 quickemu.1 quickemu_conf.1
clean:
rm *.1
install_docs: all
install -d $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
install -m 644 quickget.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
install -m 644 quickemu.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
install -m 644 quickemu_conf.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
# install -m 644 quickgui.1 $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1
install_bins:
install -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
install -m 755 ../quickget $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
install -m 755 ../quickemu $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
install -m 755 ../macrecovery $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
install: install_bins install_docs
uninstall::
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1/quickget.1
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1/quickemu.1
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(mandir)/man1/quickemu_conf.1
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/quickget
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/quickemu
rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/macrecovery
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MANSECTION ?= 1
MANPAGE.md = $(PANDOC) --standalone $(PANDOCFLAGS) --to man
%.$(MANSECTION): %.$(MANSECTION).md
$(MANPAGE.md) $< -o $@

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.TH "QUICKEMU" "1" "June 14, 2023" "quickemu" "Quickemu User Manual"
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
quickemu - A quick VM builder and manager
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]quickemu\f[R] [\f[I]OPTION\f[R]]\&...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]quickemu\f[R] will create and run highly optimised desktop virtual
machines for Linux, macOS and Windows
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[B]\[en]vm\f[R]
vm configuration file
.PP
You can also pass optional parameters
.TP
\f[B]\[en]braille\f[R]
Enable braille support.
Requires SDL.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]delete\f[R]
Delete the disk image.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]display\f[R]
Select display backend.
`sdl' (default), `gtk', `none' or `spice'
.TP
\f[B]\[en]fullscreen\f[R]
Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
.TP
\f[B]\[en]ignore-msrs-always\f[R]
Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
.TP
\f[B]\[en]screen <screen>\f[R]
Use specified screen to determine the window size.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]shortcut\f[R]
Create a desktop shortcut
.TP
\f[B]\[en]snapshot apply <tag>\f[R]
Apply/restore a snapshot.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]snapshot create <tag>\f[R]
Create a snapshot.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]snapshot delete <tag>\f[R]
Delete a snapshot.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]snapshot info\f[R]
Show disk/snapshot info.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]status-quo\f[R]
Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
.TP
\f[B]\[en]version\f[R]
Print version
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
\f[B]quickemu \[en]vm ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf\f[R]
Launches the VM specified in the file \f[I]ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf\f[R]
.SS Introduction
.PP
Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for
Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands.
You decide what operating system you want to run and Quickemu will
figure out the best way to do it for you.
For example:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget ubuntu-mate 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
The original objective of the project was to enable quick testing of
Linux distributions where the virtual machine configurations can be
stored anywhere, such as external USB storage or your home directory,
and no elevated permissions are required to run the virtual machines.
\f[B]Quickemu now also includes comprehensive support for macOS and
Windows\f[R].
.SS Features
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\f[B]macOS\f[R] Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave & High Sierra
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[B]Windows\f[R] 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
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Ubuntu (https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the \f[B]official Ubuntu
flavours (https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)\f[R]
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\f[B]Over 360 operating system editions are supported!\f[R]
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Full SPICE support including host/guest clipboard sharing
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VirtIO-webdavd file sharing for Linux and Windows guests
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VirtIO-9p file sharing for Linux and macOS guests
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QEMU Guest Agent support (https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent);
provides access to a system-level agent via standard QMP commands
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Samba file sharing for Linux, macOS and Windows guests (\f[I]if
\f[VI]smbd\f[I] is installed on the host\f[R])
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VirGL acceleration
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USB device pass-through
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Smartcard pass-through
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Automatic SSH port forwarding to guests
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Network port forwarding
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Full duplex audio
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Braille support
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EFI (with or without SecureBoot) and Legacy BIOS boot
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Graphical user interfaces available
.PP
Quickemu is a wrapper for the excellent QEMU (https://www.qemu.org/)
that attempts to automatically \f[I]\[lq]do the right thing\[rq]\f[R],
rather than expose exhaustive configuration options.
.PP
We have a Discord for this project:
[IMAGE: Discord (https://img.shields.io/discord/712850672223125565?color=0C306A&label=WimpysWorld%20Discord&logo=Discord&logoColor=ffffff&style=flat-square)] (https://discord.gg/sNmz3uw)
.PP
See this (old) video where I explain some of my motivations for creating
Quickemu.
.PP
[IMAGE: Replace VirtualBox with Bash &
QEMU (https://img.youtube.com/vi/AOTYWEgw0hI/0.jpg)] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTYWEgw0hI)
.SS Requirements
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QEMU (https://www.qemu.org/) (\f[I]6.0.0 or newer\f[R]) \f[B]with GTK,
SDL, SPICE & VirtFS support\f[R]
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bash (https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (\f[I]4.0 or newer\f[R])
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Coreutils (https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/)
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EDK II (https://github.com/tianocore/edk2)
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grep (https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)
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jq (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
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LSB (https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/start)
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procps (https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps)
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python3 (https://www.python.org/)
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macrecovery (https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/tree/master/Utilities/macrecovery)
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mkisofs (http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/cdrecord.html)
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usbutils (https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils)
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util-linux (https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux)
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sed (https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
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socat (http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/)
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spicy (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-gtk)
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swtpm (https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm)
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Wget (https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
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xdg-user-dirs (https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/)
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xrandr (https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrandr)
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zsync (http://zsync.moria.org.uk/)
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unzip (http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html)
.SS Installing Requirements
.PP
For Ubuntu, Arch and nixos systems the
ppa (https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/quickemu),
AUR (https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu) or
nix (https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/development/quickemu)
packaging will take care of the dependencies.
For other host distributions or operating systems it will be necessary
to install the above requirements or their equivalents.
.PP
These examples may save a little typing
.PP
Debian (and direct derivatives such as MX Linux):
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo apt install qemu bash coreutils ovmf grep jq lsb-base procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-client-gtk libtss2-tcti-swtpm0 wget xdg-user-dirs zsync unzip
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
Fedora:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo dnf install qemu bash coreutils edk2-tools grep jq lsb procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-gtk-tools swtpm wget xdg-user-dirs xrandr unzip
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
MacOS:
.PP
This is a work in progress (see issue
248 (https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/248) for other
steps and changes that may enable running on MacOS)
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
brew install qemu bash coreutils grep jq python\[at]3.10 cdrtools gnu-sed spice-gtk wget zsync
\f[R]
.fi
.SH Usage
.SS Graphical User Interfaces
.PP
While \f[V]quickemu\f[R] and \f[V]quickget\f[R] are designed for the
terminal, a graphical user interface is also available:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[B]Quickgui (https://github.com/quickgui/quickgui)\f[R] by Mark
Johnson (https://github.com/marxjohnson) and Yannick
Mauray (https://github.com/ymauray).
.PP
Many thanks to Luke Wesley-Holley (https://github.com/Lukewh) and
Philipp Kiemle (https://github.com/daPhipz) for creating the
\f[B]Quickemu icons (https://github.com/Lukewh/quickemu-icons)\f[R] 🎨
.SS Quickgui for Ubuntu
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannick-mauray/quickgui
sudo apt update
sudo apt install quickgui
\f[R]
.fi
.SS Ubuntu Guest
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] will automatically download an Ubuntu release and
create the virtual machine configuration.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget ubuntu 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as normal.
.IP \[bu] 2
Post-install:
.RS 2
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Install the SPICE agent (\f[V]spice-vdagent\f[R]) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection
.RS 2
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\f[V]sudo apt install spice-vdagent\f[R]
.RE
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Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[V]spice-webdavd\f[R]) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
.RS 2
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\f[V]sudo apt install spice-webdavd\f[R]
.RE
.RE
.SS Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] can also download/refresh devel images via
\f[V]zsync\f[R] for Ubuntu developers and testers.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget ubuntu devel
quickemu --vm ubuntu-devel.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
You can run \f[V]quickget ubuntu devel\f[R] to refresh your daily
development image as often as you like, it will even automatically
switch to a new series.
.SS Ubuntu Flavours
.PP
All the official Ubuntu flavours are supported, just replace
\f[V]ubuntu\f[R] with your preferred flavour.
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\f[V]kubuntu\f[R] (Kubuntu)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]lubuntu\f[R] (Lubuntu)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntu-budgie\f[R] (Ubuntu Budgie)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntucinnamon\f[R] (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntukylin\f[R] (Ubuntu Kylin)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntu-mate\f[R] (Ubuntu MATE)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntu-server\f[R] (Ubuntu Server)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntustudio\f[R] (Ubuntu Studio)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ubuntu\f[R] (Ubuntu)
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\f[V]ubuntu-unity\f[R] (Ubuntu Unity)
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\f[V]xubuntu\f[R] (Xubuntu)
.SS Other Operating Systems
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] also supports:
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\f[V]alma\f[R] (Alma Linux)
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\f[V]alpine\f[R] (Alpine Linux)
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\f[V]android\f[R] (Android x86)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]archcraft\f[R] (Archcraft)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]archlinux\f[R] (Arch Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]arcolinux\f[R] (Arco Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]batocera\f[R] (Batocera)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]blendos\f[R] (BlendOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]cachyos\f[R] (CachyOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]centos-stream\f[R] (CentOS Stream)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]debian\f[R] (Debian)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]deepin\f[R] (Deepin)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]devuan\f[R] (Devuan)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]dragonflybsd\f[R] (DragonFlyBSD)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]elementary\f[R] (elementary OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]endeavouros\f[R] (EndeavourOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]endless\f[R] (Endless OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]fedora\f[R] (Fedora)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]freebsd\f[R] (FreeBSD)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]freedos\f[R] (FreeDOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]gentoo\f[R] (Gentoo)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ghostbsd\f[R] (GhostBSD)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]holoiso\f[R] (HoloISO)
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\f[V]kali\f[R] (Kali)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
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\f[V]kolibrios\f[R] (KolibriOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]linuxmint\f[R] (Linux Mint)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]lmde\f[R] (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]mageia\f[R] (Mageia)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]manjaro\f[R] (Manjaro)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]mxlinux\f[R] (MX Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]netboot\f[R] (netboot.xyz)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]netbsd\f[R] (NetBSD)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]nixos\f[R] (NixOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]openbsd\f[R] (OpenBSD)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]openindiana\f[R] (OpenIndiana)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]opensuse\f[R] (openSUSE)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]oraclelinux\f[R] (Oracle Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]popos\f[R] (Pop!_OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]reactos\f[R] (ReactOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]rebornos\f[R] (RebornOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]rockylinux\f[R] (Rocky Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]siduction\f[R] (Siduction)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]slackware\f[R] (Slackware)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]solus\f[R] (Solus)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]tails\f[R] (Tails)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]truenas-core\f[R] (TrueNAS Core)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]truenas-scale\f[R] (TrueNAS Scale)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]vanillaos\f[R] (Vanilla OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]vxlinux\f[R] (VX Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]xerolinux\f[R] (XeroLinux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]zorin\f[R] (Zorin OS)
.PP
Or you can download a Linux image and manually create a VM
configuration.
.IP \[bu] 2
Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
.IP \[bu] 2
Create a VM configuration file; for example
\f[V]debian-bullseye.conf\f[R]
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]linux\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Use \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to start the virtual machine:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickemu --vm debian-bullseye.conf
\f[R]
.fi
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Complete the installation as normal.
.IP \[bu] 2
Post-install:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Install the SPICE agent (\f[V]spice-vdagent\f[R]) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection.
.IP \[bu] 2
Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[V]spice-webdavd\f[R]) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
.RE
.SS macOS Guest
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and
creates a virtual machine configuration.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget macos catalina
quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
macOS \f[V]high-sierra\f[R], \f[V]mojave\f[R], \f[V]catalina\f[R],
\f[V]big-sur\f[R] and \f[V]monterey\f[R] are supported.
.IP \[bu] 2
Use cursor keys and enter key to select the \f[B]macOS Base System\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
From \f[B]macOS Utilities\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Disk Utility\f[R] and \f[B]Continue\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Select \f[V]QEMU HARDDISK Media\f[R] (\[ti]103.08GB) from the list (on
Big Sur and above use \f[V]Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device\f[R]) and
click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Enter a \f[V]Name:\f[R] for the disk
.IP \[bu] 2
If you are installing macOS Mojave or later (Catalina, Big Sur, and
Monterey), choose any of the APFS options as the filesystem.
MacOS Extended may not work.
.RE
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Click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Done\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Close Disk Utility
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
From \f[B]macOS Utilities\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Reinstall macOS\f[R] and \f[B]Continue\f[R]
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as you normally would.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
On the first reboot use cursor keys and enter key to select \f[B]macOS
Installer\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
On the subsequent reboots use cursor keys and enter key to select the
disk you named
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Once you have finished installing macOS you will be presented with an
the out-of-the-box first-start wizard to configure various options and
set up your username and password
.IP \[bu] 2
OPTIONAL: After you have concluded the out-of-the-box wizard, you may
want to enable the TRIM feature that the computer industry created for
SSD disks.
This feature in our macOS installation will allow QuickEmu to compact
(shrink) your macOS disk image whenever you delete files inside the
Virtual Machine.
Without this step your macOS disk image will only ever get larger and
will not shrink even when you delete lots of data inside macOS.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
To enable TRIM, open the Terminal application and type the following
command followed by pressing enter to tell macos to use the TRIM command
on the hard disk when files are deleted:
.RE
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo trimforce enable
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
You will be prompted to enter your account\[cq]s password to gain the
privilege needed.
Once you\[cq]ve entered your password and pressed enter the command will
request confirmation in the form of two questions that require you to
type y (for a \[lq]yes\[rq] response) followed by enter to confirm.
If you press enter without first typing y the system will consider that
a negative response as though you said \[lq]no\[rq]:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tool force-enables TRIM for all relevant attached devices, even though such devices may not have been validated for data integrity while using TRIM. Use of this tool to enable TRIM may result in unintended data loss or data corruption. It should not be used in a commercial operating environment or with important data. Before using this tool, you should back up all of your data and regularly back up data while TRIM is enabled. This tool is provided on an \[dq]as is\[dq] basis. APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THIS TOOL OR ITS USE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES. BY USING THIS TOOL TO ENABLE TRIM, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE TOOL IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Are you sure you with to proceed (y/N)?
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
And a second confirmation once you\[cq]ve confirmed the previous one:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
Your system will immediately reboot when this is complete.
Is this OK (y/N)?
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
As the last message states, your system will automatically reboot as
soon as the command completes.
.PP
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]
img=\[dq]macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]macos-catalina/disk.qcow2\[dq]
macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
macOS.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to
optimise for a particular macOS release.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big
Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
.IP \[bu] 2
And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina and
newer.
.RE
.SS macOS compatibility
.PP
There are some considerations when running macOS via Quickemu.
.IP \[bu] 2
Supported macOS releases:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
High Sierra
.IP \[bu] 2
Mojave
.IP \[bu] 2
Catalina \f[B](Recommended)\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
Big Sur
.IP \[bu] 2
Monterey
.RE
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\f[V]quickemu\f[R] will automatically download the required
OpenCore (https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg) bootloader and
OVMF firmware from OSX-KVM (https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).
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Optimised by default, but no GPU acceleration is available.
.RS 2
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Host CPU vendor is detected and guest CPU is optimised accordingly.
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO Block
Media (https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/) is used
for the system disk where supported.
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VirtIO \f[V]usb-tablet\f[R] (http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used for
the mouse.
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO Network (\f[V]virtio-net\f[R]) is supported and enabled on macOS
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use \f[V]vmxnet3\f[R].
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VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur and
newer but disabled for other support macOS releases.
.RE
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USB host and SPICE pass-through is:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
.IP \[bu] 2
XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[B]Full Duplex audio requires VoodooHDA
OC (https://github.com/chris1111/VoodooHDA-OC) or pass-through a USB
audio-device to the macOS guest VM\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
NOTE!
Gatekeeper (https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/) and System Integrity
Protection
(SIP) (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection)
need to be disabled to install VoodooHDA OC
.IP \[bu] 2
File sharing between guest and host is available via
virtio-9p (https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup) and SPICE
webdavd (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/phodav/-/merge_requests/24).
.IP \[bu] 2
Copy/paste via SPICE agent is \f[B]not available on macOS\f[R].
.SS macOS App Store
.PP
If you see \f[I]\[lq]Your device or computer could not be
verified\[rq]\f[R] when you try to login to the App Store, make sure
that your wired ethernet device is \f[V]en0\f[R].
Use \f[V]ifconfig\f[R] in a terminal to verify this.
.PP
If the wired ethernet device is not \f[V]en0\f[R], then then go to
\f[I]System Preferences\f[R] -> \f[I]Network\f[R], delete all the
network devices and apply the changes.
Next, open a terminal and run the following:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
Now reboot, and the App Store should work.
.SS Windows 10 & 11 Guests
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] can download
Windows10 (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10) and
Windows 11 (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
automatically and create an optimised virtual machine configuration.
This configuration also includes the VirtIO drivers for
Windows (https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/).
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11-22H2.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as you normally would.
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All relevant drivers and services should be installed automatically.
.IP \[bu] 2
A local adminstrator user account is automatically created, with these
credentials:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Username: \f[V]Quickemu\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
Password: \f[V]quickemu\f[R]
.RE
.PP
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]windows-11/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]windows-11/windows-11.iso\[dq]
fixed_iso=\[dq]windows-11/virtio-win.iso\[dq]
tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]
secureboot=\[dq]on\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to
optimise for Windows.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
drivers.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to create a
software emulated TPM device using \f[V]swtpm\f[R].
.SH All the options
.PP
Here are the usage instructions:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
Usage
quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf
You can also pass optional parameters
--braille : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
--delete-disk : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
--delete-vm : Delete the entire VM and it\[aq]s configuration
--display : Select display backend. \[aq]sdl\[aq] (default), \[aq]gtk\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq], \[aq]spice\[aq] or \[aq]spice-app\[aq]
--fullscreen : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
--ignore-msrs-always : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
--screen <screen> : Use specified screen to determine the window size.
--screenpct <percent> : Percent of fullscreen for VM if --fullscreen is not specified.
--shortcut : Create a desktop shortcut
--snapshot apply <tag> : Apply/restore a snapshot.
--snapshot create <tag> : Create a snapshot.
--snapshot delete <tag> : Delete a snapshot.
--snapshot info : Show disk/snapshot info.
--status-quo : Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
--viewer <viewer> : Choose an alternative viewer. \[at]Options: \[aq]spicy\[aq] (default), \[aq]remote-viewer\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq]
--ssh-port <port> : Set ssh-port manually
--spice-port <port> : Set spice-port manually
--public-dir <path> : expose share directory. \[at]Options: \[aq]\[aq] (default: xdg-user-dir PUBLICSHARE), \[aq]<directory>\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq]
--monitor <type> : Set monitor connection type. \[at]Options: \[aq]socket\[aq] (default), \[aq]telnet\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq]
--monitor-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for monitor. (default: \[aq]localhost\[aq])
--monitor-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for monitor. (default: \[aq]4440\[aq])
--monitor-cmd <cmd> : Send command to monitor if available. (Example: system_powerdown)
--serial <type> : Set serial connection type. \[at]Options: \[aq]socket\[aq] (default), \[aq]telnet\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq]
--serial-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for serial. (default: \[aq]localhost\[aq])
--serial-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for serial. (default: \[aq]6660\[aq])
--keyboard <type> : Set keyboard. \[at]Options: \[aq]usb\[aq] (default), \[aq]ps2\[aq], \[aq]virtio\[aq]
--keyboard_layout <layout> : Set keyboard layout.
--mouse <type> : Set mouse. \[at]Options: \[aq]tablet\[aq] (default), \[aq]ps2\[aq], \[aq]usb\[aq], \[aq]virtio\[aq]
--usb-controller <type> : Set usb-controller. \[at]Options: \[aq]ehci\[aq] (default), \[aq]xhci\[aq], \[aq]none\[aq]
--extra_args <arguments> : Pass additional arguments to qemu
--version : Print version
\f[R]
.fi
.SS Desktop shortcuts
.PP
Desktop shortcuts can be created for a VM, the shortcuts are saved in
\f[V]\[ti]/.local/share/applications\f[R].
Here is an example of how to create a shortcut.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04-desktop.conf --shortcut
\f[R]
.fi
.SS Screen and window size (Linux guests only)
.PP
\f[V]qemu\f[R] will always default to the primary monitor to display the
VM\[cq]s window.
.PP
Without the \f[V]--screen\f[R] option, \f[V]quickemu\f[R] will look for
the size of the smallest monitor, and use a size that fits on said
monitor.
.PP
The \f[V]--screen\f[R] option forces \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to use the size
of the given monitor to compute the size of the window.
\f[B]It won\[cq]t use that monitor to display the VM\[cq]s window if
it\[cq]s not the primary monitor\f[R].
This is useful if the primary monitor if not the smallest one, and if
the VM\[cq]s window doesn\[cq]t need to be moved around.
.PP
The \f[V]--screen\f[R] option is also useful with the
\f[V]--fullscreen\f[R] option, again because \f[V]qemu\f[R] will always
use the primary monitor.
In order for the fullscreen mode to work properly, the resolution of the
VM\[cq]s window must match the resolution of the screen.
.PP
To know which screen to use, type:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
xrandr --listmonitors | grep -v Monitors
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
The command will output something like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
0: +*HDMI-0 2560/597x1440/336+1920+0 HDMI-0
1: +DVI-D-0 1920/527x1080/296+0+0 DVI-D-0
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
The first number is what needs to be passed to the \f[V]--screen\f[R]
option.
.PP
For example:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickemu --vm vm.conf --screen 0
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
The above uses the 2560x1440 screen to compute the size of the window,
which Quickemu sizes to 2048x1152.
Without the \f[V]--screen\f[R] option, Quickemu would have used the
1920x1080 monitor which results in a window size of 1664x936.
.PP
The `\[en]screenpct' is an optional interger value between 25 <= pct <
100 which will override system default screen sizes.
The VM size will be `pct' of the chosen screen.
\f[B]If \[en]fullscreen is chosen screen will be fullsize instead of
being scaled down by \[en]screenpct value.\f[R]
.SH References
.PP
Useful reference that assisted the development of Quickemu.
.IP \[bu] 2
General
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
QEMU\[cq]s documentation! (https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2020/01/qemu-sound-audiodev/>
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
macOS
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.nicksherlock.com/2020/06/installing-macos-big-sur-on-proxmox/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://passthroughpo.st/mac-os-adds-early-support-for-virtio-qemu/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/tree/master/Utilities/macrecovery>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2017/09/running-macos-as-guest-in-kvm/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.nicksherlock.com/2017/10/passthrough-of-advanced-cpu-features-for-macos-high-sierra-guests/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://github.com/Dids/clover-builder>
.IP \[bu] 2
OpenCore Configurator (https://mackie100projects.altervista.org)
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Windows
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.heiko-sieger.info/running-windows-10-on-linux-using-kvm-with-vga-passthrough/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://leduccc.medium.com/improving-the-performance-of-a-windows-10-guest-on-qemu-a5b3f54d9cf5>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-use-linux-kvm-to-optimize-your-windows-10-virtual-machine/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://turlucode.com/qemu-command-line-args/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://github.com/pbatard/Fido>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.catapultsystems.com/blogs/create-zero-touch-windows-10-iso/>
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
TPM
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/specs/tpm.html>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.tecklyfe.com/how-to-create-a-windows-11-virtual-machine-in-qemu/>
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
9p & virtiofs
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9p>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://superuser.com/questions/628169/how-to-share-a-directory-with-the-host-without-networking-in-qemu>
.IP \[bu] 2
<https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/>
.RE
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Written by Martin Wimpress.
.SH BUGS
.PP
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
.PP
quickemu_conf(1), quickget(1), quickgui(1)
.SH AUTHORS
Martin Wimpress.

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---
author: Martin Wimpress
date: June 14, 2023
footer: quickemu
header: Quickemu User Manual
section: 1
title: QUICKEMU
---
# NAME
quickemu - A quick VM builder and manager
# SYNOPSIS
**quickemu** \[*OPTION*\]...
# DESCRIPTION
**quickemu** will create and run highly optimised desktop virtual
machines for Linux, macOS and Windows
# OPTIONS
**--vm**
: vm configuration file
You can also pass optional parameters
**--braille**
: Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
**--delete**
: Delete the disk image.
**--display**
: Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none' or 'spice'
**--fullscreen**
: Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
**--ignore-msrs-always**
: Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
**--screen \<screen\>**
: Use specified screen to determine the window size.
**--shortcut**
: Create a desktop shortcut
**--snapshot apply \<tag\>**
: Apply/restore a snapshot.
**--snapshot create \<tag\>**
: Create a snapshot.
**--snapshot delete \<tag\>**
: Delete a snapshot.
**--snapshot info**
: Show disk/snapshot info.
**--status-quo**
: Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
**--version**
: Print version
# EXAMPLES
**quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf**
: Launches the VM specified in the file *ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf*
## Introduction
Quickly create and run highly optimised desktop virtual machines for
Linux, macOS and Windows; with just two commands. You decide what
operating system you want to run and Quickemu will figure out the best
way to do it for you. For example:
``` bash
quickget ubuntu-mate 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-22.04.conf
```
The original objective of the project was to enable quick testing of
Linux distributions where the virtual machine configurations can be
stored anywhere, such as external USB storage or your home directory,
and no elevated permissions are required to run the virtual machines.
**Quickemu now also includes comprehensive support for macOS and
Windows**.
## Features
- **macOS** Monterey, Big Sur, Catalina, Mojave & High Sierra
- **Windows** 10 and 11 including TPM 2.0
- [Ubuntu](https://ubuntu.com/desktop) and all the **[official Ubuntu
flavours](https://ubuntu.com/download/flavours)**
- **Over 360 operating system editions are supported!**
- Full SPICE support including host/guest clipboard sharing
- VirtIO-webdavd file sharing for Linux and Windows guests
- VirtIO-9p file sharing for Linux and macOS guests
- [QEMU Guest Agent
support](https://wiki.qemu.org/Features/GuestAgent); provides access
to a system-level agent via standard QMP commands
- Samba file sharing for Linux, macOS and Windows guests (*if `smbd`
is installed on the host*)
- VirGL acceleration
- USB device pass-through
- Smartcard pass-through
- Automatic SSH port forwarding to guests
- Network port forwarding
- Full duplex audio
- Braille support
- EFI (with or without SecureBoot) and Legacy BIOS boot
- Graphical user interfaces available
Quickemu is a wrapper for the excellent [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/)
that attempts to automatically *"do the right thing"*, rather than
expose exhaustive configuration options.
We have a Discord for this project:
[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/712850672223125565?color=0C306A&label=WimpysWorld%20Discord&logo=Discord&logoColor=ffffff&style=flat-square)](https://discord.gg/sNmz3uw)
See this (old) video where I explain some of my motivations for creating
Quickemu.
[![Replace VirtualBox with Bash &
QEMU](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AOTYWEgw0hI/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOTYWEgw0hI)
## Requirements
- [QEMU](https://www.qemu.org/) (*6.0.0 or newer*) **with GTK, SDL,
SPICE & VirtFS support**
- [bash](https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/) (*4.0 or newer*)
- [Coreutils](https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/)
- [EDK II](https://github.com/tianocore/edk2)
- [grep](https://www.gnu.org/software/grep/)
- [jq](https://stedolan.github.io/jq/)
- [LSB](https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/start)
- [procps](https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps)
- [python3](https://www.python.org/)
- [macrecovery](https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/tree/master/Utilities/macrecovery)
- [mkisofs](http://cdrtools.sourceforge.net/private/cdrecord.html)
- [usbutils](https://github.com/gregkh/usbutils)
- [util-linux](https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux)
- [sed](https://www.gnu.org/software/sed/)
- [socat](http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/)
- [spicy](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/spice/spice-gtk)
- [swtpm](https://github.com/stefanberger/swtpm)
- [Wget](https://www.gnu.org/software/wget/)
- [xdg-user-dirs](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/xdg-user-dirs/)
- [xrandr](https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/app/xrandr)
- [zsync](http://zsync.moria.org.uk/)
- [unzip](http://www.info-zip.org/UnZip.html)
### Installing Requirements
For Ubuntu, Arch and nixos systems the
[ppa](https://launchpad.net/~flexiondotorg/+archive/ubuntu/quickemu),
[AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/quickemu) or
[nix](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/development/quickemu)
packaging will take care of the dependencies. For other host
distributions or operating systems it will be necessary to install the
above requirements or their equivalents.
These examples may save a little typing
Debian (and direct derivatives such as MX Linux):
sudo apt install qemu bash coreutils ovmf grep jq lsb-base procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-client-gtk libtss2-tcti-swtpm0 wget xdg-user-dirs zsync unzip
Fedora:
sudo dnf install qemu bash coreutils edk2-tools grep jq lsb procps python3 genisoimage usbutils util-linux sed spice-gtk-tools swtpm wget xdg-user-dirs xrandr unzip
MacOS:
This is a work in progress (see [issue
248](https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues/248) for other
steps and changes that may enable running on MacOS)
brew install qemu bash coreutils grep jq python@3.10 cdrtools gnu-sed spice-gtk wget zsync
# Usage
## Graphical User Interfaces
While `quickemu` and `quickget` are designed for the terminal, a
graphical user interface is also available:
- **[Quickgui](https://github.com/quickgui/quickgui)** by [Mark
Johnson](https://github.com/marxjohnson) and [Yannick
Mauray](https://github.com/ymauray).
Many thanks to [Luke Wesley-Holley](https://github.com/Lukewh) and
[Philipp Kiemle](https://github.com/daPhipz) for creating the
**[Quickemu icons](https://github.com/Lukewh/quickemu-icons)** 🎨
### Quickgui for Ubuntu
``` bash
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannick-mauray/quickgui
sudo apt update
sudo apt install quickgui
```
## Ubuntu Guest
`quickget` will automatically download an Ubuntu release and create the
virtual machine configuration.
``` bash
quickget ubuntu 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection
- `sudo apt install spice-vdagent`
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
- `sudo apt install spice-webdavd`
### Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
`quickget` can also download/refresh devel images via `zsync` for Ubuntu
developers and testers.
``` bash
quickget ubuntu devel
quickemu --vm ubuntu-devel.conf
```
You can run `quickget ubuntu devel` to refresh your daily development
image as often as you like, it will even automatically switch to a new
series.
### Ubuntu Flavours
All the official Ubuntu flavours are supported, just replace `ubuntu`
with your preferred flavour.
- `kubuntu` (Kubuntu)
- `lubuntu` (Lubuntu)
- `ubuntu-budgie` (Ubuntu Budgie)
- `ubuntucinnamon` (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
- `ubuntukylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
- `ubuntu-mate` (Ubuntu MATE)
- `ubuntu-server` (Ubuntu Server)
- `ubuntustudio` (Ubuntu Studio)
- `ubuntu` (Ubuntu)
- `ubuntu-unity` (Ubuntu Unity)
- `xubuntu` (Xubuntu)
## Other Operating Systems
`quickget` also supports:
- `alma` (Alma Linux)
- `alpine` (Alpine Linux)
- `android` (Android x86)
- `archcraft` (Archcraft)
- `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
- `arcolinux` (Arco Linux)
- `batocera` (Batocera)
- `blendos` (BlendOS)
- `cachyos` (CachyOS)
- `centos-stream` (CentOS Stream)
- `debian` (Debian)
- `deepin` (Deepin)
- `devuan` (Devuan)
- `dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
- `elementary` (elementary OS)
- `endeavouros` (EndeavourOS)
- `endless` (Endless OS)
- `fedora` (Fedora)
- `freebsd` (FreeBSD)
- `freedos` (FreeDOS)
- `gentoo` (Gentoo)
- `ghostbsd` (GhostBSD)
- `haiku` (Haiku)
- `holoiso` (HoloISO)
- `kali` (Kali)
- `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
- `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
- `linuxmint` (Linux Mint)
- `lmde` (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
- `mageia` (Mageia)
- `manjaro` (Manjaro)
- `mxlinux` (MX Linux)
- `netboot` (netboot.xyz)
- `netbsd` (NetBSD)
- `nixos` (NixOS)
- `openbsd` (OpenBSD)
- `openindiana` (OpenIndiana)
- `opensuse` (openSUSE)
- `oraclelinux` (Oracle Linux)
- `popos` (Pop!\_OS)
- `reactos` (ReactOS)
- `rebornos` (RebornOS)
- `rockylinux` (Rocky Linux)
- `siduction` (Siduction)
- `slackware` (Slackware)
- `solus` (Solus)
- `tails` (Tails)
- `truenas-core` (TrueNAS Core)
- `truenas-scale` (TrueNAS Scale)
- `vanillaos` (Vanilla OS)
- `void` (Void Linux)
- `vxlinux` (VX Linux)
- `xerolinux` (XeroLinux)
- `zorin` (Zorin OS)
Or you can download a Linux image and manually create a VM
configuration.
- Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
- Create a VM configuration file; for example `debian-bullseye.conf`
``` bash
guest_os="linux"
disk_img="debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2"
iso="debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"
```
- Use `quickemu` to start the virtual machine:
``` bash
quickemu --vm debian-bullseye.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection.
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
## macOS Guest
`quickget` automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and creates a
virtual machine configuration.
``` bash
quickget macos catalina
quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
```
macOS `high-sierra`, `mojave`, `catalina`, `big-sur` and `monterey` are
supported.
- Use cursor keys and enter key to select the **macOS Base System**
- From **macOS Utilities**
- Click **Disk Utility** and **Continue**
- Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (\~103.08GB) from the list (on
Big Sur and above use `Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device`) and
click **Erase**.
- Enter a `Name:` for the disk
- If you are installing macOS Mojave or later (Catalina, Big
Sur, and Monterey), choose any of the APFS options as the
filesystem. MacOS Extended may not work.
- Click **Erase**.
- Click **Done**.
- Close Disk Utility
- From **macOS Utilities**
- Click **Reinstall macOS** and **Continue**
- Complete the installation as you normally would.
- On the first reboot use cursor keys and enter key to select
**macOS Installer**
- On the subsequent reboots use cursor keys and enter key to
select the disk you named
- Once you have finished installing macOS you will be presented with
an the out-of-the-box first-start wizard to configure various
options and set up your username and password
- OPTIONAL: After you have concluded the out-of-the-box wizard, you
may want to enable the TRIM feature that the computer industry
created for SSD disks. This feature in our macOS installation will
allow QuickEmu to compact (shrink) your macOS disk image whenever
you delete files inside the Virtual Machine. Without this step your
macOS disk image will only ever get larger and will not shrink even
when you delete lots of data inside macOS.
- To enable TRIM, open the Terminal application and type the
following command followed by pressing
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} to tell macos to use the TRIM
command on the hard disk when files are deleted:
``` bash
sudo trimforce enable
```
You will be prompted to enter your account's password to gain the
privilege needed. Once you've entered your password and pressed
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} the command will request confirmation
in the form of two questions that require you to type
`<kbd>`{=html}y`</kbd>`{=html} (for a "yes" response) followed by
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} to confirm. If you press
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} without first typing
`<kbd>`{=html}y`</kbd>`{=html} the system will consider that a negative
response as though you said "no":
``` plain
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tool force-enables TRIM for all relevant attached devices, even though such devices may not have been validated for data integrity while using TRIM. Use of this tool to enable TRIM may result in unintended data loss or data corruption. It should not be used in a commercial operating environment or with important data. Before using this tool, you should back up all of your data and regularly back up data while TRIM is enabled. This tool is provided on an "as is" basis. APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THIS TOOL OR ITS USE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES. BY USING THIS TOOL TO ENABLE TRIM, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE TOOL IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Are you sure you with to proceed (y/N)?
```
And a second confirmation once you've confirmed the previous one:
``` plain
Your system will immediately reboot when this is complete.
Is this OK (y/N)?
```
As the last message states, your system will automatically reboot as
soon as the command completes.
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="macos"
img="macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img"
disk_img="macos-catalina/disk.qcow2"
macos_release="catalina"
```
- `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
- `macos_release="catalina"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
particular macOS release.
- For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available
in Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
- And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina
and newer.
### macOS compatibility
There are some considerations when running macOS via Quickemu.
- Supported macOS releases:
- High Sierra
- Mojave
- Catalina **(Recommended)**
- Big Sur
- Monterey
- `quickemu` will automatically download the required
[OpenCore](https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg) bootloader
and OVMF firmware from [OSX-KVM](https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).
- Optimised by default, but no GPU acceleration is available.
- Host CPU vendor is detected and guest CPU is optimised
accordingly.
- [VirtIO Block
Media](https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/) is
used for the system disk where supported.
- [VirtIO `usb-tablet`](http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used
for the mouse.
- VirtIO Network (`virtio-net`) is supported and enabled on macOS
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use `vmxnet3`.
- VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big
Sur and newer but disabled for other support macOS releases.
- USB host and SPICE pass-through is:
- UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
- XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
- Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
- **Full Duplex audio requires [VoodooHDA
OC](https://github.com/chris1111/VoodooHDA-OC) or pass-through a USB
audio-device to the macOS guest VM**.
- NOTE! [Gatekeeper](https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/) and
[System Integrity Protection
(SIP)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection)
need to be disabled to install VoodooHDA OC
- File sharing between guest and host is available via
[virtio-9p](https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup) and [SPICE
webdavd](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/phodav/-/merge_requests/24).
- Copy/paste via SPICE agent is **not available on macOS**.
### macOS App Store
If you see *"Your device or computer could not be verified"* when you
try to login to the App Store, make sure that your wired ethernet device
is `en0`. Use `ifconfig` in a terminal to verify this.
If the wired ethernet device is not `en0`, then then go to *System
Preferences* -\> *Network*, delete all the network devices and apply the
changes. Next, open a terminal and run the following:
``` bash
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
```
Now reboot, and the App Store should work.
## Windows 10 & 11 Guests
`quickget` can download
[Windows10](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10) and
[Windows 11](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
automatically and create an optimised virtual machine configuration.
This configuration also includes the [VirtIO drivers for
Windows](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/).
``` bash
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11-22H2.conf
```
- Complete the installation as you normally would.
- All relevant drivers and services should be installed automatically.
- A local adminstrator user account is automatically created, with
these credentials:
- Username: `Quickemu`
- Password: `quickemu`
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="windows"
disk_img="windows-11/disk.qcow2"
iso="windows-11/windows-11.iso"
fixed_iso="windows-11/virtio-win.iso"
tpm="on"
secureboot="on"
```
- `guest_os="windows"` instructs `quickemu` to optimise for Windows.
- `fixed_iso=` specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO drivers.
- `tpm="on"` instructs `quickemu` to create a software emulated TPM
device using `swtpm`.
# All the options
Here are the usage instructions:
Usage
quickemu --vm ubuntu.conf
You can also pass optional parameters
--braille : Enable braille support. Requires SDL.
--delete-disk : Delete the disk image and EFI variables
--delete-vm : Delete the entire VM and it's configuration
--display : Select display backend. 'sdl' (default), 'gtk', 'none', 'spice' or 'spice-app'
--fullscreen : Starts VM in full screen mode (Ctl+Alt+f to exit)
--ignore-msrs-always : Configure KVM to always ignore unhandled machine-specific registers
--screen <screen> : Use specified screen to determine the window size.
--screenpct <percent> : Percent of fullscreen for VM if --fullscreen is not specified.
--shortcut : Create a desktop shortcut
--snapshot apply <tag> : Apply/restore a snapshot.
--snapshot create <tag> : Create a snapshot.
--snapshot delete <tag> : Delete a snapshot.
--snapshot info : Show disk/snapshot info.
--status-quo : Do not commit any changes to disk/snapshot.
--viewer <viewer> : Choose an alternative viewer. @Options: 'spicy' (default), 'remote-viewer', 'none'
--ssh-port <port> : Set ssh-port manually
--spice-port <port> : Set spice-port manually
--public-dir <path> : expose share directory. @Options: '' (default: xdg-user-dir PUBLICSHARE), '<directory>', 'none'
--monitor <type> : Set monitor connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--monitor-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for monitor. (default: 'localhost')
--monitor-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for monitor. (default: '4440')
--monitor-cmd <cmd> : Send command to monitor if available. (Example: system_powerdown)
--serial <type> : Set serial connection type. @Options: 'socket' (default), 'telnet', 'none'
--serial-telnet-host <ip/host> : Set telnet host for serial. (default: 'localhost')
--serial-telnet-port <port> : Set telnet port for serial. (default: '6660')
--keyboard <type> : Set keyboard. @Options: 'usb' (default), 'ps2', 'virtio'
--keyboard_layout <layout> : Set keyboard layout.
--mouse <type> : Set mouse. @Options: 'tablet' (default), 'ps2', 'usb', 'virtio'
--usb-controller <type> : Set usb-controller. @Options: 'ehci' (default), 'xhci', 'none'
--extra_args <arguments> : Pass additional arguments to qemu
--version : Print version
## Desktop shortcuts
Desktop shortcuts can be created for a VM, the shortcuts are saved in
`~/.local/share/applications`. Here is an example of how to create a
shortcut.
``` bash
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04-desktop.conf --shortcut
```
## Screen and window size (Linux guests only)
`qemu` will always default to the primary monitor to display the VM's
window.
Without the `--screen` option, `quickemu` will look for the size of the
smallest monitor, and use a size that fits on said monitor.
The `--screen` option forces `quickemu` to use the size of the given
monitor to compute the size of the window. **It won't use that monitor
to display the VM's window if it's not the primary monitor**. This is
useful if the primary monitor if not the smallest one, and if the VM's
window doesn't need to be moved around.
The `--screen` option is also useful with the `--fullscreen` option,
again because `qemu` will always use the primary monitor. In order for
the fullscreen mode to work properly, the resolution of the VM's window
must match the resolution of the screen.
To know which screen to use, type:
``` bash
xrandr --listmonitors | grep -v Monitors
```
The command will output something like this:
``` bash
0: +*HDMI-0 2560/597x1440/336+1920+0 HDMI-0
1: +DVI-D-0 1920/527x1080/296+0+0 DVI-D-0
```
The first number is what needs to be passed to the `--screen` option.
For example:
``` bash
quickemu --vm vm.conf --screen 0
```
The above uses the 2560x1440 screen to compute the size of the window,
which Quickemu sizes to 2048x1152. Without the `--screen` option,
Quickemu would have used the 1920x1080 monitor which results in a window
size of 1664x936.
The '--screenpct' is an optional interger value between 25 \<= pct \<
100 which will override system default screen sizes. The VM size will be
'pct' of the chosen screen. **If --fullscreen is chosen screen will be
fullsize instead of being scaled down by --screenpct value.**
# References
Useful reference that assisted the development of Quickemu.
- General
- [QEMU's documentation!](https://qemu.readthedocs.io/en/latest/)
- <https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu/KVM_Virtual_Machines>
- <https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2020/01/qemu-sound-audiodev/>
- macOS
- <https://www.nicksherlock.com/2020/06/installing-macos-big-sur-on-proxmox/>
- <https://passthroughpo.st/mac-os-adds-early-support-for-virtio-qemu/>
- <https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM>
- <https://github.com/thenickdude/KVM-Opencore>
- <https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg/tree/master/Utilities/macrecovery>
- <https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2017/09/running-macos-as-guest-in-kvm/>
- <https://www.nicksherlock.com/2017/10/passthrough-of-advanced-cpu-features-for-macos-high-sierra-guests/>
- <http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/>
- <https://github.com/Dids/clover-builder>
- [OpenCore
Configurator](https://mackie100projects.altervista.org)
- Windows
- <https://www.heiko-sieger.info/running-windows-10-on-linux-using-kvm-with-vga-passthrough/>
- <https://leduccc.medium.com/improving-the-performance-of-a-windows-10-guest-on-qemu-a5b3f54d9cf5>
- <https://frontpagelinux.com/tutorials/how-to-use-linux-kvm-to-optimize-your-windows-10-virtual-machine/>
- <https://turlucode.com/qemu-command-line-args/>
- <https://github.com/pbatard/Fido>
- <https://www.catapultsystems.com/blogs/create-zero-touch-windows-10-iso/>
- TPM
- <https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/specs/tpm.html>
- <https://www.tecklyfe.com/how-to-create-a-windows-11-virtual-machine-in-qemu/>
- 9p & virtiofs
- <https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9p>
- <https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup>
- <https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/>
- <https://superuser.com/questions/628169/how-to-share-a-directory-with-the-host-without-networking-in-qemu>
- <https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/>
# AUTHORS
Written by Martin Wimpress.
# BUGS
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
# SEE ALSO
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
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.TH "QUICKEMU_CONF" "1" "June 14, 2023" "quickemu_conf" "Quickemu Configuration Manual"
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
quickemu_conf - Options and parameters in the quickemu <vm>.conf
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]quickemu\f[R] will create and run highly optimised desktop virtual
machines for Linux, macOS and Windows.
It uses sensible defaults, but many configuration options can be
overridden in the required configuration file, which will as a minimum
specify the path to the installation ISO and QEMU disk for the installed
VM
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
These are the options and defaults for the <vm>.conf file
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
# Lowercase variables are used in the VM config file only
boot=\[dq]efi\[dq]
cpu_cores=\[dq]\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]\[dq]
disk_size=\[dq]\[dq]
display=\[dq]\[dq]
extra_args=\[dq]\[dq]
fixed_iso=\[dq]\[dq]
floppy=\[dq]\[dq]
guest_os=\[dq]linux\[dq]
img=\[dq]\[dq]
iso=\[dq]\[dq]
macaddr=\[dq]\[dq]
macos_release=\[dq]\[dq]
network=\[dq]\[dq]
port_forwards=()
preallocation=\[dq]off\[dq]
ram=\[dq]\[dq]
secureboot=\[dq]off\[dq]
tpm=\[dq]off\[dq]
usb_devices=()
viewer=\[dq]spicy\[dq]
ssh_port=\[dq]\[dq]
spice_port=\[dq]\[dq]
public_dir=\[dq]\[dq]
monitor=\[dq]socket\[dq]
monitor_telnet_port=\[dq]4440\[dq]
monitor_telnet_host=\[dq]localhost\[dq]
monitor_cmd=\[dq]\[dq]
serial=\[dq]socket\[dq]
serial_telnet_port=\[dq]6660\[dq]
serial_telnet_host=\[dq]localhost\[dq]
# options: ehci(USB2.0), xhci(USB3.0)
usb_controller=\[dq]ehci\[dq]
# options: ps2, usb, virtio
keyboard=\[dq]usb\[dq]
keyboard_layout=\[dq]en-us\[dq]
# options: ps2, usb, tablet, virtio
mouse=\[dq]tablet\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.SH EXAMPLES
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]linux\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]
img=\[dq]macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]macos-catalina/disk.qcow2\[dq]
macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
macOS.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to
optimise for a particular macOS release.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big
Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
.IP \[bu] 2
And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina and
newer.
.RE
.PP
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]windows-11/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]windows-11/Win11_EnglishInternational_x64.iso\[dq]
fixed_iso=\[dq]windows-11/virtio-win.iso\[dq]
tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]
secureboot=\[dq]on\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to
optimise for Windows.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
drivers.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to create a
software emulated TPM device using \f[V]swtpm\f[R].
.SH BIOS and EFI
.PP
Since Quickemu 2.1.0 \f[V]efi\f[R] is the default boot option.
If you want to override this behaviour then add the following line to
you VM configuration to enable legacy BIOS.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]boot=\[dq]legacy\[dq]\f[R] - Enable Legacy BIOS boot
.SH Tuning CPU cores, RAM & disks
.PP
By default, Quickemu will calculate the number of CPUs cores and RAM to
allocate to a VM based on the specifications of your host computer.
You can override this default behaviour and tune the VM configuration to
your liking.
.PP
Add additional lines to your virtual machine configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]cpu_cores=\[dq]4\[dq]\f[R] - Specify the number of CPU cores
allocated to the VM
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ram=\[dq]4G\[dq]\f[R] - Specify the amount of RAM to allocate to
the VM
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]disk_size=\[dq]16G\[dq]\f[R] - Specify the size of the virtual disk
allocated to the VM
.SS Disk preallocation
.PP
Preallocation mode (allowed values: \f[V]off\f[R] (default),
\f[V]metadata\f[R], \f[V]falloc\f[R], \f[V]full\f[R]).
An image with preallocated metadata is initially larger but can improve
performance when the image needs to grow.
.PP
Specify what disk preallocation should be used, if any, when creating
the system disk image by adding a line like this to your VM
configuration.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]preallocation=\[dq]metadata\[dq]\f[R]
.SS CD-ROM disks
.PP
If you want to expose an ISO image from the host to guest add the
following line to the VM configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]fixed_iso=\[dq]/path/to/image.iso\[dq]\f[R]
.SS Floppy disks
.PP
If you\[cq]re like Alan Pope (https://popey.com) you\[cq]ll probably
want to mount a floppy disk image in the guest.
To do so add the following line to the VM configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]floppy=\[dq]/path/to/floppy.img\[dq]\f[R]
.SH File Sharing
.PP
All File Sharing options will only expose \f[V]\[ti]/Public\f[R] (or
localised variations) for the current user to the guest VMs.
.SS Samba 🐧 🍏 🪟
.PP
If \f[V]smbd\f[R] is available on the host, Quickemu will automatically
enable the built-in QEMU support for exposing a Samba share from the
host to the guest.
.PP
You can install the minimal Samba components on Ubuntu using:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends samba
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
If everything is set up correctly, the \f[V]smbd\f[R] address will be
printed when the virtual machine is started.
For example:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
- smbd: On guest: smb://10.0.2.4/qemu
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
If using a Windows guest, right-click on \[lq]This PC\[rq], click
\[lq]Add a network location\[rq], and paste this address, removing
\f[V]smb:\f[R] and replacing forward slashes with backslashes (in this
example \f[V]\[rs]\[rs]10.0.2.4\[rs]qemu\f[R]).
.SS SPICE WebDAV 🐧 🪟
.IP \[bu] 2
TBD
.SS VirtIO-9P 🐧 🍏
.IP \[bu] 2
TBD
.SH Network port forwarding
.PP
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration.
For example:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]port_forwards=(\[dq]8123:8123\[dq] \[dq]8888:80\[dq])\f[R]
.PP
In the example above:
.IP \[bu] 2
Port 8123 on the host is forwarded to port 8123 on the guest.
.IP \[bu] 2
Port 8888 on the host is forwarded to port 80 on the guest.
.SH Disable networking
.PP
To completely disable all network interfaces in a guest VM add this
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]network=\[dq]none\[dq]\f[R]
.SH Restricted networking
.PP
You can isolate the guest from the host (and broader network) using the
restrict option, which will restrict networking to just the guest and
any virtual devices.
.PP
This can be used to prevent software running inside the guest from
phoning home while still providing a network inside the guest.
Add this additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]network=\[dq]restrict\[dq]\f[R]
.SH Bridged networking
.PP
Connect your virtual machine to a preconfigured network bridge.
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]network=\[dq]br0\[dq]\f[R]
.PP
If you want to have a persistent MAC address for your bridged network
interface in the guest VM you can add \f[V]macaddr\f[R] to the virtual
machine configuration.
QEMU requires that the MAC address is in the range:
\f[B]52:54:00:AB:00:00 - 52:54:00:AB:FF:FF\f[R]
.PP
So you can generate your own MAC addresses with:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]macaddr=\[dq]52:54:00:AB:51:AE\[dq]\f[R]
.SH USB redirection
.PP
Quickemu supports USB redirection via SPICE pass-through and host
pass-through.
.SS SPICE redirection (recommended)
.PP
Using SPICE for USB pass-through is easiest as it doesn\[cq]t require
any elevated permission, start Quickemu with \f[V]--display spice\f[R]
and then select \f[V]Input\f[R] ->
\f[V]Select USB Device for redirection\f[R] from the menu to choose
which device(s) you want to attach to the guest.
.SS Host redirection \f[B]NOT Recommended\f[R]
.PP
\f[B]USB host redirection is not recommended\f[R], it is provided purely
for backwards compatibility to older versions of Quickemu.
Using SPICE is preferred, see above.
.PP
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration.
For example:
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]usb_devices=(\[dq]046d:082d\[dq] \[dq]046d:085e\[dq])\f[R]
.PP
In the example above:
.IP \[bu] 2
The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 082d will be exposed
to the guest.
.IP \[bu] 2
The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 085e will be exposed
to the guest.
.PP
If the USB devices are not writable, \f[V]quickemu\f[R] will display the
appropriate commands to modify the USB device(s) access permissions,
like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
- USB: Host pass-through requested:
- Sennheiser Communications EPOS GTW 270 on bus 001 device 005 needs permission changes:
sudo chown -v root:user /dev/bus/usb/001/005
ERROR! USB permission changes are required 👆
\f[R]
.fi
.SH TPM
.PP
Since Quickemu 2.2.0 a software emulated TPM device can be added to
guest virtual machines.
Just add \f[V]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] to your VM configuration.
\f[V]quickget\f[R] will automatically add this line to Windows 11
virtual machines.
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Written by Martin Wimpress.
.SH BUGS
.PP
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
.PP
quickget(1), quickemu(1), quickgui(1)
.SH AUTHORS
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---
author: Martin Wimpress
date: June 14, 2023
footer: quickemu_conf
header: Quickemu Configuration Manual
section: 1
title: QUICKEMU_CONF
---
# NAME
quickemu_conf - Options and parameters in the quickemu \<vm\>.conf
# DESCRIPTION
**quickemu** will create and run highly optimised desktop virtual
machines for Linux, macOS and Windows. It uses sensible defaults, but
many configuration options can be overridden in the required
configuration file, which will as a minimum specify the path to the
installation ISO and QEMU disk for the installed VM
# OPTIONS
These are the options and defaults for the \<vm\>.conf file
``` bash
# Lowercase variables are used in the VM config file only
boot="efi"
cpu_cores=""
disk_img=""
disk_size=""
display=""
extra_args=""
fixed_iso=""
floppy=""
guest_os="linux"
img=""
iso=""
macaddr=""
macos_release=""
network=""
port_forwards=()
preallocation="off"
ram=""
secureboot="off"
tpm="off"
usb_devices=()
viewer="spicy"
ssh_port=""
spice_port=""
public_dir=""
monitor="socket"
monitor_telnet_port="4440"
monitor_telnet_host="localhost"
monitor_cmd=""
serial="socket"
serial_telnet_port="6660"
serial_telnet_host="localhost"
# options: ehci(USB2.0), xhci(USB3.0)
usb_controller="ehci"
# options: ps2, usb, virtio
keyboard="usb"
keyboard_layout="en-us"
# options: ps2, usb, tablet, virtio
mouse="tablet"
```
# EXAMPLES
``` bash
guest_os="linux"
disk_img="debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2"
iso="debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"
```
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="macos"
img="macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img"
disk_img="macos-catalina/disk.qcow2"
macos_release="catalina"
```
- `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
- `macos_release="catalina"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
particular macOS release.
- For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available
in Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
- And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina
and newer.
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="windows"
disk_img="windows-11/disk.qcow2"
iso="windows-11/Win11_EnglishInternational_x64.iso"
fixed_iso="windows-11/virtio-win.iso"
tpm="on"
secureboot="on"
```
- `guest_os="windows"` instructs `quickemu` to optimise for Windows.
- `fixed_iso=` specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO drivers.
- `tpm="on"` instructs `quickemu` to create a software emulated TPM
device using `swtpm`.
# BIOS and EFI
Since Quickemu 2.1.0 `efi` is the default boot option. If you want to
override this behaviour then add the following line to you VM
configuration to enable legacy BIOS.
- `boot="legacy"` - Enable Legacy BIOS boot
# Tuning CPU cores, RAM & disks
By default, Quickemu will calculate the number of CPUs cores and RAM to
allocate to a VM based on the specifications of your host computer. You
can override this default behaviour and tune the VM configuration to
your liking.
Add additional lines to your virtual machine configuration:
- `cpu_cores="4"` - Specify the number of CPU cores allocated to the
VM
- `ram="4G"` - Specify the amount of RAM to allocate to the VM
- `disk_size="16G"` - Specify the size of the virtual disk allocated
to the VM
## Disk preallocation
Preallocation mode (allowed values: `off` (default), `metadata`,
`falloc`, `full`). An image with preallocated metadata is initially
larger but can improve performance when the image needs to grow.
Specify what disk preallocation should be used, if any, when creating
the system disk image by adding a line like this to your VM
configuration.
- `preallocation="metadata"`
## CD-ROM disks
If you want to expose an ISO image from the host to guest add the
following line to the VM configuration:
- `fixed_iso="/path/to/image.iso"`
## Floppy disks
If you're like [Alan Pope](https://popey.com) you'll probably want to
mount a floppy disk image in the guest. To do so add the following line
to the VM configuration:
- `floppy="/path/to/floppy.img"`
# File Sharing
All File Sharing options will only expose `~/Public` (or localised
variations) for the current user to the guest VMs.
## Samba 🐧 🍏 🪟
If `smbd` is available on the host, Quickemu will automatically enable
the built-in QEMU support for exposing a Samba share from the host to
the guest.
You can install the minimal Samba components on Ubuntu using:
``` bash
sudo apt install --no-install-recommends samba
```
If everything is set up correctly, the `smbd` address will be printed
when the virtual machine is started. For example:
- smbd: On guest: smb://10.0.2.4/qemu
If using a Windows guest, right-click on "This PC", click "Add a network
location", and paste this address, removing `smb:` and replacing forward
slashes with backslashes (in this example `\\10.0.2.4\qemu`).
## SPICE WebDAV 🐧 🪟
- TBD
## VirtIO-9P 🐧 🍏
- TBD
# Network port forwarding
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration. For
example:
- `port_forwards=("8123:8123" "8888:80")`
In the example above:
- Port 8123 on the host is forwarded to port 8123 on the guest.
- Port 8888 on the host is forwarded to port 80 on the guest.
# Disable networking
To completely disable all network interfaces in a guest VM add this
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `network="none"`
# Restricted networking
You can isolate the guest from the host (and broader network) using the
restrict option, which will restrict networking to just the guest and
any virtual devices.
This can be used to prevent software running inside the guest from
phoning home while still providing a network inside the guest. Add this
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `network="restrict"`
# Bridged networking
Connect your virtual machine to a preconfigured network bridge. Add an
additional line to your virtual machine configuration:
- `network="br0"`
If you want to have a persistent MAC address for your bridged network
interface in the guest VM you can add `macaddr` to the virtual machine
configuration. QEMU requires that the MAC address is in the range:
**52:54:00:AB:00:00 - 52:54:00:AB:FF:FF**
So you can generate your own MAC addresses with:
- `macaddr="52:54:00:AB:51:AE"`
# USB redirection
Quickemu supports USB redirection via SPICE pass-through and host
pass-through.
## SPICE redirection (recommended)
Using SPICE for USB pass-through is easiest as it doesn't require any
elevated permission, start Quickemu with `--display spice` and then
select `Input` -\> `Select USB Device for redirection` from the menu to
choose which device(s) you want to attach to the guest.
## Host redirection **NOT Recommended**
**USB host redirection is not recommended**, it is provided purely for
backwards compatibility to older versions of Quickemu. Using SPICE is
preferred, see above.
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration. For
example:
- `usb_devices=("046d:082d" "046d:085e")`
In the example above:
- The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 082d will be
exposed to the guest.
- The USB device with vendor_id 046d and product_id 085e will be
exposed to the guest.
If the USB devices are not writable, `quickemu` will display the
appropriate commands to modify the USB device(s) access permissions,
like this:
- USB: Host pass-through requested:
- Sennheiser Communications EPOS GTW 270 on bus 001 device 005 needs permission changes:
sudo chown -v root:user /dev/bus/usb/001/005
ERROR! USB permission changes are required 👆
# TPM
Since Quickemu 2.2.0 a software emulated TPM device can be added to
guest virtual machines. Just add `tpm="on"` to your VM configuration.
`quickget` will automatically add this line to Windows 11 virtual
machines.
# AUTHORS
Written by Martin Wimpress.
# BUGS
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
# SEE ALSO
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
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.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "June 14, 2023" "quickget" "Quickget User Manual"
.hy
.SH NAME
.PP
quickget - download and prepare materials for building a quickemu VM
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\f[B]quickget\f[R] [\f[I]os\f[R]] [\f[I]release\f[R]]
[\f[I]edition\f[R]] | [\f[I]OPTION\f[R]]*
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\f[B]quickget\f[R] will download the requisite materials and prepare a
configuration for \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to use to build and run
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\f[B]version | -version | \[en]version\f[R]
show version (from Quickemu)
.TP
\f[B]list | list_csv | list_json\f[R]
provide a csv list of all supported guest OSes, versions and variants.
.TP
\f[B][OS] [Release] [Edition]\f[R]
specify the OS and release (and optional edition) if insufficient input
is provided a list of missing options will be reported and the script
will exit.
Editions may not apply and will be defaulted if not provided.
.SH NOTES
.SS Ubuntu Guest
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] will automatically download an Ubuntu release and
create the virtual machine configuration.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget ubuntu 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf
\f[R]
.fi
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Complete the installation as normal.
.IP \[bu] 2
Post-install:
.RS 2
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Install the SPICE agent (\f[V]spice-vdagent\f[R]) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection
.RS 2
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\f[V]sudo apt install spice-vdagent\f[R]
.RE
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Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[V]spice-webdavd\f[R]) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
.RS 2
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\f[V]sudo apt install spice-webdavd\f[R]
.RE
.RE
.SS Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] can also download/refresh devel images via
\f[V]zsync\f[R] for Ubuntu developers and testers.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget ubuntu devel
quickemu --vm ubuntu-devel.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
You can run \f[V]quickget ubuntu devel\f[R] to refresh your daily
development image as often as you like, it will even automatically
switch to a new series.
.SS Ubuntu Flavours
.PP
All the official Ubuntu flavours are supported, just replace
\f[V]ubuntu\f[R] with your preferred flavour.
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\f[V]kubuntu\f[R] (Kubuntu)
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\f[V]lubuntu\f[R] (Lubuntu)
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\f[V]ubuntu-budgie\f[R] (Ubuntu Budgie)
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\f[V]ubuntucinnamon\f[R] (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
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\f[V]ubuntukylin\f[R] (Ubuntu Kylin)
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\f[V]ubuntu-mate\f[R] (Ubuntu MATE)
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\f[V]ubuntu-server\f[R] (Ubuntu Server)
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\f[V]ubuntustudio\f[R] (Ubuntu Studio)
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\f[V]ubuntu\f[R] (Ubuntu)
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\f[V]ubuntu-unity\f[R] (Ubuntu Unity)
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\f[V]xubuntu\f[R] (Xubuntu)
.SS Other Operating Systems
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] also supports:
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\f[V]alma\f[R] (Alma Linux)
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\f[V]alpine\f[R] (Alpine Linux)
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\f[V]android\f[R] (Android x86)
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\f[V]archcraft\f[R] (Archcraft)
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\f[V]archlinux\f[R] (Arch Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]arcolinux\f[R] (Arco Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]batocera\f[R] (Batocera)
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\f[V]blendos\f[R] (BlendOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]cachyos\f[R] (CachyOS)
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\f[V]centos-stream\f[R] (CentOS Stream)
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\f[V]debian\f[R] (Debian)
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\f[V]deepin\f[R] (Deepin)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]devuan\f[R] (Devuan)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]dragonflybsd\f[R] (DragonFlyBSD)
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\f[V]elementary\f[R] (elementary OS)
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\f[V]endeavouros\f[R] (EndeavourOS)
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\f[V]endless\f[R] (Endless OS)
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\f[V]fedora\f[R] (Fedora)
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\f[V]freebsd\f[R] (FreeBSD)
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\f[V]freedos\f[R] (FreeDOS)
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\f[V]gentoo\f[R] (Gentoo)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]ghostbsd\f[R] (GhostBSD)
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\f[V]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
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\f[V]holoiso\f[R] (HoloISO)
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\f[V]kali\f[R] (Kali)
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\f[V]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
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\f[V]kolibrios\f[R] (KolibriOS)
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\f[V]linuxmint\f[R] (Linux Mint)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]lmde\f[R] (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
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\f[V]mageia\f[R] (Mageia)
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\f[V]manjaro\f[R] (Manjaro)
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\f[V]mxlinux\f[R] (MX Linux)
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\f[V]netboot\f[R] (netboot.xyz)
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\f[V]netbsd\f[R] (NetBSD)
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\f[V]nixos\f[R] (NixOS)
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\f[V]openbsd\f[R] (OpenBSD)
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\f[V]openindiana\f[R] (OpenIndiana)
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\f[V]opensuse\f[R] (openSUSE)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]oraclelinux\f[R] (Oracle Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]popos\f[R] (Pop!_OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]reactos\f[R] (ReactOS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]rebornos\f[R] (RebornOS)
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\f[V]rockylinux\f[R] (Rocky Linux)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]siduction\f[R] (Siduction)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]slackware\f[R] (Slackware)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]solus\f[R] (Solus)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]tails\f[R] (Tails)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]truenas-core\f[R] (TrueNAS Core)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]truenas-scale\f[R] (TrueNAS Scale)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]vanillaos\f[R] (Vanilla OS)
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
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\f[V]vxlinux\f[R] (VX Linux)
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\f[V]xerolinux\f[R] (XeroLinux)
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\f[V]zorin\f[R] (Zorin OS)
.PP
Or you can download a Linux image and manually create a VM
configuration.
.IP \[bu] 2
Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
.IP \[bu] 2
Create a VM configuration file; for example
\f[V]debian-bullseye.conf\f[R]
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]linux\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Use \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to start the virtual machine:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickemu --vm debian-bullseye.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as normal.
.IP \[bu] 2
Post-install:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Install the SPICE agent (\f[V]spice-vdagent\f[R]) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection.
.IP \[bu] 2
Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[V]spice-webdavd\f[R]) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
.RE
.SS macOS Guest
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and
creates a virtual machine configuration.
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget macos catalina
quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
macOS \f[V]high-sierra\f[R], \f[V]mojave\f[R], \f[V]catalina\f[R],
\f[V]big-sur\f[R] and \f[V]monterey\f[R] are supported.
.IP \[bu] 2
Use cursor keys and enter key to select the \f[B]macOS Base System\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
From \f[B]macOS Utilities\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Disk Utility\f[R] and \f[B]Continue\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Select \f[V]QEMU HARDDISK Media\f[R] (\[ti]103.08GB) from the list (on
Big Sur and above use \f[V]Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device\f[R]) and
click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Enter a \f[V]Name:\f[R] for the disk
.IP \[bu] 2
If you are installing macOS Mojave or later (Catalina, Big Sur, and
Monterey), choose any of the APFS options as the filesystem.
MacOS Extended may not work.
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Done\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
Close Disk Utility
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
From \f[B]macOS Utilities\f[R]
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Click \f[B]Reinstall macOS\f[R] and \f[B]Continue\f[R]
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as you normally would.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
On the first reboot use cursor keys and enter key to select \f[B]macOS
Installer\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
On the subsequent reboots use cursor keys and enter key to select the
disk you named
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Once you have finished installing macOS you will be presented with an
the out-of-the-box first-start wizard to configure various options and
set up your username and password
.IP \[bu] 2
OPTIONAL: After you have concluded the out-of-the-box wizard, you may
want to enable the TRIM feature that the computer industry created for
SSD disks.
This feature in our macOS installation will allow QuickEmu to compact
(shrink) your macOS disk image whenever you delete files inside the
Virtual Machine.
Without this step your macOS disk image will only ever get larger and
will not shrink even when you delete lots of data inside macOS.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
To enable TRIM, open the Terminal application and type the following
command followed by pressing enter to tell macos to use the TRIM command
on the hard disk when files are deleted:
.RE
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo trimforce enable
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
You will be prompted to enter your account\[cq]s password to gain the
privilege needed.
Once you\[cq]ve entered your password and pressed enter the command will
request confirmation in the form of two questions that require you to
type y (for a \[lq]yes\[rq] response) followed by enter to confirm.
If you press enter without first typing y the system will consider that
a negative response as though you said \[lq]no\[rq]:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tool force-enables TRIM for all relevant attached devices, even though such devices may not have been validated for data integrity while using TRIM. Use of this tool to enable TRIM may result in unintended data loss or data corruption. It should not be used in a commercial operating environment or with important data. Before using this tool, you should back up all of your data and regularly back up data while TRIM is enabled. This tool is provided on an \[dq]as is\[dq] basis. APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THIS TOOL OR ITS USE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES. BY USING THIS TOOL TO ENABLE TRIM, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE TOOL IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Are you sure you with to proceed (y/N)?
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
And a second confirmation once you\[cq]ve confirmed the previous one:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
Your system will immediately reboot when this is complete.
Is this OK (y/N)?
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
As the last message states, your system will automatically reboot as
soon as the command completes.
.PP
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]
img=\[dq]macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]macos-catalina/disk.qcow2\[dq]
macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
macOS.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]macos_release=\[dq]catalina\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to
optimise for a particular macOS release.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available in Big
Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
.IP \[bu] 2
And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina and
newer.
.RE
.SS macOS compatibility
.PP
There are some considerations when running macOS via Quickemu.
.IP \[bu] 2
Supported macOS releases:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
High Sierra
.IP \[bu] 2
Mojave
.IP \[bu] 2
Catalina \f[B](Recommended)\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
Big Sur
.IP \[bu] 2
Monterey
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]quickemu\f[R] will automatically download the required
OpenCore (https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg) bootloader and
OVMF firmware from OSX-KVM (https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).
.IP \[bu] 2
Optimised by default, but no GPU acceleration is available.
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Host CPU vendor is detected and guest CPU is optimised accordingly.
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO Block
Media (https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/) is used
for the system disk where supported.
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO \f[V]usb-tablet\f[R] (http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used for
the mouse.
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO Network (\f[V]virtio-net\f[R]) is supported and enabled on macOS
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use \f[V]vmxnet3\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big Sur and
newer but disabled for other support macOS releases.
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
USB host and SPICE pass-through is:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
.IP \[bu] 2
XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
.RE
.IP \[bu] 2
Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[B]Full Duplex audio requires VoodooHDA
OC (https://github.com/chris1111/VoodooHDA-OC) or pass-through a USB
audio-device to the macOS guest VM\f[R].
.IP \[bu] 2
NOTE!
Gatekeeper (https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/) and System Integrity
Protection
(SIP) (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection)
need to be disabled to install VoodooHDA OC
.IP \[bu] 2
File sharing between guest and host is available via
virtio-9p (https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup) and SPICE
webdavd (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/phodav/-/merge_requests/24).
.IP \[bu] 2
Copy/paste via SPICE agent is \f[B]not available on macOS\f[R].
.SS macOS App Store
.PP
If you see \f[I]\[lq]Your device or computer could not be
verified\[rq]\f[R] when you try to login to the App Store, make sure
that your wired ethernet device is \f[V]en0\f[R].
Use \f[V]ifconfig\f[R] in a terminal to verify this.
.PP
If the wired ethernet device is not \f[V]en0\f[R], then then go to
\f[I]System Preferences\f[R] -> \f[I]Network\f[R], delete all the
network devices and apply the changes.
Next, open a terminal and run the following:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
\f[R]
.fi
.PP
Now reboot, and the App Store should work.
.SS Windows 10 & 11 Guests
.PP
\f[V]quickget\f[R] can download
Windows10 (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10) and
Windows 11 (https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
automatically and create an optimised virtual machine configuration.
This configuration also includes the VirtIO drivers for
Windows (https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/).
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11-22H2.conf
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
Complete the installation as you normally would.
.IP \[bu] 2
All relevant drivers and services should be installed automatically.
.IP \[bu] 2
A local adminstrator user account is automatically created, with these
credentials:
.RS 2
.IP \[bu] 2
Username: \f[V]Quickemu\f[R]
.IP \[bu] 2
Password: \f[V]quickemu\f[R]
.RE
.PP
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
.IP
.nf
\f[C]
guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]
disk_img=\[dq]windows-11/disk.qcow2\[dq]
iso=\[dq]windows-11/windows-11.iso\[dq]
fixed_iso=\[dq]windows-11/virtio-win.iso\[dq]
tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]
secureboot=\[dq]on\[dq]
\f[R]
.fi
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to
optimise for Windows.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
drivers.
.IP \[bu] 2
\f[V]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[V]quickemu\f[R] to create a
software emulated TPM device using \f[V]swtpm\f[R].
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
Written by Martin Wimpress.
.SH BUGS
.PP
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
.PP
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---
author: Martin Wimpress
date: June 14, 2023
footer: quickget
header: Quickget User Manual
section: 1
title: QUICKGET
---
# NAME
quickget - download and prepare materials for building a quickemu VM
# SYNOPSIS
**quickget** \[*os*\] \[*release*\] \[*edition*\] \| \[*OPTION*\]\*
# DESCRIPTION
**quickget** will download the requisite materials and prepare a
configuration for `quickemu` to use to build and run
# OPTIONS
**version \| -version \| --version**
: show version (from Quickemu)
**list \| list_csv \| list_json**
: provide a csv list of all supported guest OSes, versions and
variants.
**\[OS\] \[Release\] \[Edition\]**
: specify the OS and release (and optional edition) if insufficient
input is provided a list of missing options will be reported and the
script will exit. Editions may not apply and will be defaulted if
not provided.
# NOTES
## Ubuntu Guest
`quickget` will automatically download an Ubuntu release and create the
virtual machine configuration.
``` bash
quickget ubuntu 22.04
quickemu --vm ubuntu-22.04.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection
- `sudo apt install spice-vdagent`
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
- `sudo apt install spice-webdavd`
### Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
`quickget` can also download/refresh devel images via `zsync` for Ubuntu
developers and testers.
``` bash
quickget ubuntu devel
quickemu --vm ubuntu-devel.conf
```
You can run `quickget ubuntu devel` to refresh your daily development
image as often as you like, it will even automatically switch to a new
series.
### Ubuntu Flavours
All the official Ubuntu flavours are supported, just replace `ubuntu`
with your preferred flavour.
- `kubuntu` (Kubuntu)
- `lubuntu` (Lubuntu)
- `ubuntu-budgie` (Ubuntu Budgie)
- `ubuntucinnamon` (Ubuntu Cinnamon)
- `ubuntukylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
- `ubuntu-mate` (Ubuntu MATE)
- `ubuntu-server` (Ubuntu Server)
- `ubuntustudio` (Ubuntu Studio)
- `ubuntu` (Ubuntu)
- `ubuntu-unity` (Ubuntu Unity)
- `xubuntu` (Xubuntu)
## Other Operating Systems
`quickget` also supports:
- `alma` (Alma Linux)
- `alpine` (Alpine Linux)
- `android` (Android x86)
- `archcraft` (Archcraft)
- `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
- `arcolinux` (Arco Linux)
- `batocera` (Batocera)
- `blendos` (BlendOS)
- `cachyos` (CachyOS)
- `centos-stream` (CentOS Stream)
- `debian` (Debian)
- `deepin` (Deepin)
- `devuan` (Devuan)
- `dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
- `elementary` (elementary OS)
- `endeavouros` (EndeavourOS)
- `endless` (Endless OS)
- `fedora` (Fedora)
- `freebsd` (FreeBSD)
- `freedos` (FreeDOS)
- `gentoo` (Gentoo)
- `ghostbsd` (GhostBSD)
- `haiku` (Haiku)
- `holoiso` (HoloISO)
- `kali` (Kali)
- `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
- `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
- `linuxmint` (Linux Mint)
- `lmde` (Linux Mint Debian Edition)
- `mageia` (Mageia)
- `manjaro` (Manjaro)
- `mxlinux` (MX Linux)
- `netboot` (netboot.xyz)
- `netbsd` (NetBSD)
- `nixos` (NixOS)
- `openbsd` (OpenBSD)
- `openindiana` (OpenIndiana)
- `opensuse` (openSUSE)
- `oraclelinux` (Oracle Linux)
- `popos` (Pop!\_OS)
- `reactos` (ReactOS)
- `rebornos` (RebornOS)
- `rockylinux` (Rocky Linux)
- `siduction` (Siduction)
- `slackware` (Slackware)
- `solus` (Solus)
- `tails` (Tails)
- `truenas-core` (TrueNAS Core)
- `truenas-scale` (TrueNAS Scale)
- `vanillaos` (Vanilla OS)
- `void` (Void Linux)
- `vxlinux` (VX Linux)
- `xerolinux` (XeroLinux)
- `zorin` (Zorin OS)
Or you can download a Linux image and manually create a VM
configuration.
- Download a .iso image of a Linux distribution
- Create a VM configuration file; for example `debian-bullseye.conf`
``` bash
guest_os="linux"
disk_img="debian-bullseye/disk.qcow2"
iso="debian-bullseye/firmware-11.0.0-amd64-DVD-1.iso"
```
- Use `quickemu` to start the virtual machine:
``` bash
quickemu --vm debian-bullseye.conf
```
- Complete the installation as normal.
- Post-install:
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) in the guest to enable
copy/paste and USB redirection.
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) in the guest to
enable file sharing.
## macOS Guest
`quickget` automatically downloads a macOS recovery image and creates a
virtual machine configuration.
``` bash
quickget macos catalina
quickemu --vm macos-catalina.conf
```
macOS `high-sierra`, `mojave`, `catalina`, `big-sur` and `monterey` are
supported.
- Use cursor keys and enter key to select the **macOS Base System**
- From **macOS Utilities**
- Click **Disk Utility** and **Continue**
- Select `QEMU HARDDISK Media` (\~103.08GB) from the list (on
Big Sur and above use `Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Device`) and
click **Erase**.
- Enter a `Name:` for the disk
- If you are installing macOS Mojave or later (Catalina, Big
Sur, and Monterey), choose any of the APFS options as the
filesystem. MacOS Extended may not work.
- Click **Erase**.
- Click **Done**.
- Close Disk Utility
- From **macOS Utilities**
- Click **Reinstall macOS** and **Continue**
- Complete the installation as you normally would.
- On the first reboot use cursor keys and enter key to select
**macOS Installer**
- On the subsequent reboots use cursor keys and enter key to
select the disk you named
- Once you have finished installing macOS you will be presented with
an the out-of-the-box first-start wizard to configure various
options and set up your username and password
- OPTIONAL: After you have concluded the out-of-the-box wizard, you
may want to enable the TRIM feature that the computer industry
created for SSD disks. This feature in our macOS installation will
allow QuickEmu to compact (shrink) your macOS disk image whenever
you delete files inside the Virtual Machine. Without this step your
macOS disk image will only ever get larger and will not shrink even
when you delete lots of data inside macOS.
- To enable TRIM, open the Terminal application and type the
following command followed by pressing
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} to tell macos to use the TRIM
command on the hard disk when files are deleted:
``` bash
sudo trimforce enable
```
You will be prompted to enter your account's password to gain the
privilege needed. Once you've entered your password and pressed
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} the command will request confirmation
in the form of two questions that require you to type
`<kbd>`{=html}y`</kbd>`{=html} (for a "yes" response) followed by
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} to confirm. If you press
`<kbd>`{=html}enter`</kbd>`{=html} without first typing
`<kbd>`{=html}y`</kbd>`{=html} the system will consider that a negative
response as though you said "no":
``` plain
IMPORTANT NOTICE: This tool force-enables TRIM for all relevant attached devices, even though such devices may not have been validated for data integrity while using TRIM. Use of this tool to enable TRIM may result in unintended data loss or data corruption. It should not be used in a commercial operating environment or with important data. Before using this tool, you should back up all of your data and regularly back up data while TRIM is enabled. This tool is provided on an "as is" basis. APPLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, REGARDING THIS TOOL OR ITS USE ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH YOUR DEVICES, SYSTEMS, OR SERVICES. BY USING THIS TOOL TO ENABLE TRIM, YOU AGREE THAT, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, USE OF THE TOOL IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK AND THAT THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO SATISFACTORY QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, ACCURACY AND EFFORT IS WITH YOU.
Are you sure you with to proceed (y/N)?
```
And a second confirmation once you've confirmed the previous one:
``` plain
Your system will immediately reboot when this is complete.
Is this OK (y/N)?
```
As the last message states, your system will automatically reboot as
soon as the command completes.
The default macOS configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="macos"
img="macos-catalina/RecoveryImage.img"
disk_img="macos-catalina/disk.qcow2"
macos_release="catalina"
```
- `guest_os="macos"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for macOS.
- `macos_release="catalina"` instructs Quickemu to optimise for a
particular macOS release.
- For example VirtIO Network and Memory Ballooning are available
in Big Sur and newer, but not previous releases.
- And VirtIO Block Media (disks) are supported/stable in Catalina
and newer.
### macOS compatibility
There are some considerations when running macOS via Quickemu.
- Supported macOS releases:
- High Sierra
- Mojave
- Catalina **(Recommended)**
- Big Sur
- Monterey
- `quickemu` will automatically download the required
[OpenCore](https://github.com/acidanthera/OpenCorePkg) bootloader
and OVMF firmware from [OSX-KVM](https://github.com/kholia/OSX-KVM).
- Optimised by default, but no GPU acceleration is available.
- Host CPU vendor is detected and guest CPU is optimised
accordingly.
- [VirtIO Block
Media](https://www.kraxel.org/blog/2019/06/macos-qemu-guest/) is
used for the system disk where supported.
- [VirtIO `usb-tablet`](http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used
for the mouse.
- VirtIO Network (`virtio-net`) is supported and enabled on macOS
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use `vmxnet3`.
- VirtIO Memory Ballooning is supported and enabled on macOS Big
Sur and newer but disabled for other support macOS releases.
- USB host and SPICE pass-through is:
- UHCI (USB 2.0) on macOS Catalina and earlier.
- XHCI (USB 3.0) on macOS Big Sur and newer.
- Display resolution can only be changed via macOS System Preferences.
- **Full Duplex audio requires [VoodooHDA
OC](https://github.com/chris1111/VoodooHDA-OC) or pass-through a USB
audio-device to the macOS guest VM**.
- NOTE! [Gatekeeper](https://disable-gatekeeper.github.io/) and
[System Integrity Protection
(SIP)](https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/disabling_and_enabling_system_integrity_protection)
need to be disabled to install VoodooHDA OC
- File sharing between guest and host is available via
[virtio-9p](https://wiki.qemu.org/Documentation/9psetup) and [SPICE
webdavd](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/phodav/-/merge_requests/24).
- Copy/paste via SPICE agent is **not available on macOS**.
### macOS App Store
If you see *"Your device or computer could not be verified"* when you
try to login to the App Store, make sure that your wired ethernet device
is `en0`. Use `ifconfig` in a terminal to verify this.
If the wired ethernet device is not `en0`, then then go to *System
Preferences* -\> *Network*, delete all the network devices and apply the
changes. Next, open a terminal and run the following:
``` bash
sudo rm /Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration/NetworkInterfaces.plist
```
Now reboot, and the App Store should work.
## Windows 10 & 11 Guests
`quickget` can download
[Windows10](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows10) and
[Windows 11](https://www.microsoft.com/software-download/windows11)
automatically and create an optimised virtual machine configuration.
This configuration also includes the [VirtIO drivers for
Windows](https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/).
``` bash
quickget windows 11
quickemu --vm windows-11-22H2.conf
```
- Complete the installation as you normally would.
- All relevant drivers and services should be installed automatically.
- A local adminstrator user account is automatically created, with
these credentials:
- Username: `Quickemu`
- Password: `quickemu`
The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
``` bash
guest_os="windows"
disk_img="windows-11/disk.qcow2"
iso="windows-11/windows-11.iso"
fixed_iso="windows-11/virtio-win.iso"
tpm="on"
secureboot="on"
```
- `guest_os="windows"` instructs `quickemu` to optimise for Windows.
- `fixed_iso=` specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO drivers.
- `tpm="on"` instructs `quickemu` to create a software emulated TPM
device using `swtpm`.
# AUTHORS
Written by Martin Wimpress.
# BUGS
Submit bug reports online at:
<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
# SEE ALSO
Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import html.parser
import os
import sys
import urllib.request
"""
Download Windows product keys from MicroSoft
"""
key_page_url = "https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/kms-client-activation-keys"
def usage():
script = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
message = f"""Usage: {script} [windows-version]
To specify the version of Windows you'd like, pass a string that matches the
name of the operating system you'd like to download. Case doesn't matter, so
you can use "windows 10" or "Windows 10".
e.g.
{script} "Windows 10"
{script} "enterprise"
"""
print(message, file=sys.stderr)
sys.exit(0)
def download_page(url):
response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
return response.read().decode("utf-8")
class WindowsKeyPageParser(html.parser.HTMLParser):
def __init__(self, *, convert_charrefs=True):
super().__init__(convert_charrefs=True)
self.product_keys = {}
self.parsing_os = False
def handle_starttag(self, tag, attrs):
self.parsing_os = tag == "td"
def handle_endtag(self, tag):
self.parsing_os = False
def handle_data(self, data):
if self.parsing_os:
self.stash_table_cell(data)
def stash_table_cell(self, data):
if "Windows" in data:
self.current_os = data
else:
product_key = data
self.product_keys[self.current_os] = product_key
def find_keys_for_all_versions(markup):
parser = WindowsKeyPageParser()
parser.feed(markup)
return parser.product_keys
if __name__ == "__main__":
try:
arg = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
windows_version = ""
else:
if arg in ["-h", "--help"]:
usage()
windows_version = arg
markup = download_page(key_page_url)
product_keys = find_keys_for_all_versions(markup)
for os_name, product_key in product_keys.items():
if windows_version.lower() in os_name.lower():
print(f"{os_name}: {product_key}")