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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
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.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.9.2.1
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.TH "QUICKEMU" "1" "February 20, 2022" "quickemu" "Quickemu User Manual"
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.hy
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.SH NAME
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quickemu - A quick VM builder and manager
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\f[B]quickemu\f[R] [\f[I]OPTION\f[R]]\&...
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\f[B]quickemu\f[R] will create and run highly optimised desktop virtual
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Show disk/snapshot info.
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\f[R]
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.fi
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Full SPICE support including host/guest clipboard sharing
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[IMAGE: Discord (https://img.shields.io/discord/712850672223125565?color=0C306A&label=WimpysWorld%20Discord&logo=Discord&logoColor=ffffff&style=flat-square)] (https://discord.gg/sNmz3uw)
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|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]elementary\f[R] (elementary OS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]fedora\f[R] (Fedora)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]freebsd\f[R] (FreeBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]garuda\f[R] (Garuda Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]gentoo\f[R] (Gentoo)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ghostbsd\f[R] (GhostBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kali\f[R] (Kali)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kolibrios\f[R] (KolibriOS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]linuxmint\f[R] (Linux Mint)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]manjaro\f[R] (Manjaro)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]mxlinux\f[R] (MX Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]netboot\f[R] (netboot.xyz)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]netbsd\f[R] (NetBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]nixos\f[R] (NixOS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]openbsd\f[R] (OpenBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]opensuse\f[R] (openSUSE)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]oraclelinux\f[R] (Oracle Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]popos\f[R] (Pop!_OS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]regolith\f[R] (Regolith Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]rockylinux\f[R] (Rocky Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]slackware\f[R] (Slackware)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]solus\f[R] (Solus)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]tails\f[R] (Tails)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]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[C]spice-vdagent\f[R]) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[C]spice-webdavd\f[R]) to enable file
|
||||||
|
sharing.
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.SS macOS Guest
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]high-sierra\f[R], \f[C]mojave\f[R], \f[C]catalina\f[R],
|
||||||
|
\f[C]big-sur\f[R] and \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
On macOS Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Select \f[C]Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Media\f[R] from the list and click
|
||||||
|
\f[B]Erase\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
On macOS Mojave and High Sierra
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Select \f[C]QEMU HARDDISK Media\f[R] (\[ti]103.08GB) from the list and
|
||||||
|
click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Enter a \f[C]Name:\f[R] for the disk and 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
|
||||||
|
.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[C]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
|
||||||
|
macOS.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]usb-tablet\f[R] (http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used for
|
||||||
|
the mouse.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
VirtIO Network (\f[C]virtio-net\f[R]) is supported and enabled on macOS
|
||||||
|
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
Full Duplex audio works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[B]macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.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 Windows 8.1, 10 & 11 Guests
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]quickget\f[R] 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.
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm windows-11.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.
|
||||||
|
.SS Regional versions
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
By default \f[C]quickget\f[R] will download the \f[I]\[lq]English
|
||||||
|
International\[rq]\f[R] release, but you can optionally specify one of
|
||||||
|
the supported languages: For example:
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11 \[dq]Chinese (Traditional)\[dq]
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.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]
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to
|
||||||
|
optimise for Windows.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
|
||||||
|
drivers.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to create a
|
||||||
|
software emulated TPM device using \f[C]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], or \[aq]spice\[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.
|
||||||
|
--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
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.SS Desktop shortcuts
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
Desktop shortcuts can be created for a VM, the shortcuts are saved in
|
||||||
|
\f[C]\[ti]/.local/share/applications\f[R].
|
||||||
|
Here is an example of how to create a shortcut.
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm ubuntu-20.04-desktop.conf --shortcut
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.SS Screen and window size (Linux guests only)
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]qemu\f[R] will always default to the primary monitor to display the
|
||||||
|
VM\[cq]s window.
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
Without the \f[C]--screen\f[R] option, \f[C]quickemu\f[R] will look for
|
||||||
|
the size of the smallest monitor, and use a size that fits on said
|
||||||
|
monitor.
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
The \f[C]--screen\f[R] option forces \f[C]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[C]--screen\f[R] option is also useful with the
|
||||||
|
\f[C]--fullscreen\f[R] option, again because \f[C]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[C]--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[C]--screen\f[R] option, Quickemu would have used the
|
||||||
|
1920x1080 monitor which results in a window size of 1664x936.
|
||||||
|
.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.
|
||||||
573
docs/quickemu.1.md
Normal file
573
docs/quickemu.1.md
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,573 @@
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
author: Martin Wimpress
|
||||||
|
date: 'February 20, 2022'
|
||||||
|
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-21.10-.conf**
|
||||||
|
: Launches the VM specified in the file *ubuntu-mate-21.10-.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 21.10
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm ubuntu-mate-21.10-.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** 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)**
|
||||||
|
- **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:
|
||||||
|
[](https://discord.gg/sNmz3uw)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
See this (old) video where I explain some of my motivations for creating
|
||||||
|
Quickemu.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
[](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/)
|
||||||
|
- [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/)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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 20.04
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm ubuntu-20.04.conf
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- Complete the installation as normal.
|
||||||
|
- Post-install:
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection
|
||||||
|
- `sudo apt install spice-vdagent`
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) 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)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntukylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntu-mate` (Ubuntu MATE)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntustudio` (Ubuntu Studio)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntu` (Ubuntu)
|
||||||
|
- `xubuntu` (Xubuntu)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Other Operating Systems
|
||||||
|
-----------------------
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
`quickget` also supports:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `alma` (Alma Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `alpine` (Alpine Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `android` (Android x86)
|
||||||
|
- `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `arcolinux` (Arco Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `cachyos` (CachyOS)
|
||||||
|
- `debian` (Debian)
|
||||||
|
- `devuan` (Devuan)
|
||||||
|
- `dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `elementary` (elementary OS)
|
||||||
|
- `fedora` (Fedora)
|
||||||
|
- `freebsd` (FreeBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `garuda` (Garuda Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `gentoo` (Gentoo)
|
||||||
|
- `ghostbsd` (GhostBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `haiku` (Haiku)
|
||||||
|
- `kali` (Kali)
|
||||||
|
- `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
|
||||||
|
- `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
|
||||||
|
- `linuxmint` (Linux Mint)
|
||||||
|
- `manjaro` (Manjaro)
|
||||||
|
- `mxlinux` (MX Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `netboot` (netboot.xyz)
|
||||||
|
- `netbsd` (NetBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `nixos` (NixOS)
|
||||||
|
- `openbsd` (OpenBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `opensuse` (openSUSE)
|
||||||
|
- `oraclelinux` (Oracle Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `popos` (Pop!\_OS)
|
||||||
|
- `regolith` (Regolith Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `rockylinux` (Rocky Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `slackware` (Slackware)
|
||||||
|
- `solus` (Solus)
|
||||||
|
- `tails` (Tails)
|
||||||
|
- `void` (Void Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `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`) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection.
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) 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**
|
||||||
|
- 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**.
|
||||||
|
- 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
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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 works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
|
||||||
|
- **macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all**.
|
||||||
|
- 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
|
||||||
|
---------------------------
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
`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.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
``` {.bash}
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm windows-11.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)"
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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"
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `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:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
``` {.bash}
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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-20.04-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.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
quickemu\_conf(1), quickget(1), quickgui(1)
|
||||||
249
docs/quickemu_conf.1
Normal file
249
docs/quickemu_conf.1
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
|
||||||
|
.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.9.2.1
|
||||||
|
.\"
|
||||||
|
.TH "QUICKEMU_CONF" "1" "February 20, 2022" "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]
|
||||||
|
bridge=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
cpu_cores=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
disk_img=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
disk_size=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
fixed_iso=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
floppy=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
guest_os=\[dq]linux\[dq]
|
||||||
|
img=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
iso=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
macos_release=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
port_forwards=()
|
||||||
|
preallocation=\[dq]off\[dq]
|
||||||
|
ram=\[dq]\[dq]
|
||||||
|
secureboot=\[dq]off\[dq]
|
||||||
|
tpm=\[dq]off\[dq]
|
||||||
|
usb_devices=()
|
||||||
|
\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[C]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
|
||||||
|
macOS.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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]
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to
|
||||||
|
optimise for Windows.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
|
||||||
|
drivers.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to create a
|
||||||
|
software emulated TPM device using \f[C]swtpm\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.SH BIOS and EFI
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
Since Quickemu 2.1.0 \f[C]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[C]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[C]cpu_cores=\[dq]4\[dq]\f[R] - Specify the number of CPU cores
|
||||||
|
allocated to the VM
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ram=\[dq]4G\[dq]\f[R] - Specify the amount of RAM to allocate to
|
||||||
|
the VM
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]off\f[R] (default),
|
||||||
|
\f[C]metadata\f[R], \f[C]falloc\f[R], \f[C]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[C]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[C]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[C]floppy=\[dq]/path/to/floppy.img\[dq]\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.SH File Sharing
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
All File Sharing options will only expose \f[C]\[ti]/Public\f[R] (or
|
||||||
|
localised variations) for the current user to the guest VMs.
|
||||||
|
.SS Samba \[u1F427] \[u1F34F] \[u1FA9F]
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
If \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
.SS SPICE WebDAV \[u1F427] \[u1FA9F]
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
TBD
|
||||||
|
.SS VirtIO-9P \[u1F427] \[u1F34F]
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
TBD
|
||||||
|
.SH Network port forwarding
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
Add an additional line to your virtual machine configuration.
|
||||||
|
For example:
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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 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[C]bridge=\[dq]br0\[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[C]--display spice\f[R]
|
||||||
|
and then select \f[C]Input\f[R] ->
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]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 \[u1F446]
|
||||||
|
\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[C]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] to your VM configuration.
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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
|
||||||
|
Martin Wimpress.
|
||||||
262
docs/quickemu_conf.1.md
Normal file
262
docs/quickemu_conf.1.md
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,262 @@
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
author: Martin Wimpress
|
||||||
|
date: 'February 20, 2022'
|
||||||
|
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"
|
||||||
|
bridge=""
|
||||||
|
cpu_cores=""
|
||||||
|
disk_img=""
|
||||||
|
disk_size=""
|
||||||
|
fixed_iso=""
|
||||||
|
floppy=""
|
||||||
|
guest_os="linux"
|
||||||
|
img=""
|
||||||
|
iso=""
|
||||||
|
macos_release=""
|
||||||
|
port_forwards=()
|
||||||
|
preallocation="off"
|
||||||
|
ram=""
|
||||||
|
secureboot="off"
|
||||||
|
tpm="off"
|
||||||
|
usb_devices=()
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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"
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `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
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Bridged networking
|
||||||
|
==================
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Connect your virtual machine to a preconfigured network bridge. Add an
|
||||||
|
additional line to your virtual machine configuration
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `bridge="br0"`
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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>
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
quickget(1), quickemu(1), quickgui(1)
|
||||||
418
docs/quickget.1
Normal file
418
docs/quickget.1
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,418 @@
|
||||||
|
.\" Automatically generated by Pandoc 2.9.2.1
|
||||||
|
.\"
|
||||||
|
.TH "QUICKGET" "1" "February 20, 2022" "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[C]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[C]quickget\f[R] will automatically download an Ubuntu release and
|
||||||
|
create the virtual machine configuration.
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickget ubuntu 20.04
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm ubuntu-20.04.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[C]spice-vdagent\f[R]) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]sudo apt install spice-vdagent\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[C]spice-webdavd\f[R]) to enable file
|
||||||
|
sharing.
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]sudo apt install spice-webdavd\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.SS Ubuntu devel (daily-live) images
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]quickget\f[R] can also download/refresh devel images via
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]ubuntu\f[R] with your preferred flavour.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kubuntu\f[R] (Kubuntu)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]lubuntu\f[R] (Lubuntu)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ubuntu-budgie\f[R] (Ubuntu Budgie)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ubuntukylin\f[R] (Ubuntu Kylin)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ubuntu-mate\f[R] (Ubuntu MATE)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ubuntustudio\f[R] (Ubuntu Studio)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ubuntu\f[R] (Ubuntu)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]xubuntu\f[R] (Xubuntu)
|
||||||
|
.SS Other Operating Systems
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]quickget\f[R] also supports:
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]alma\f[R] (Alma Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]alpine\f[R] (Alpine Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]android\f[R] (Android x86)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]archlinux\f[R] (Arch Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]arcolinux\f[R] (Arco Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]cachyos\f[R] (CachyOS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]debian\f[R] (Debian)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]devuan\f[R] (Devuan)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]dragonflybsd\f[R] (DragonFlyBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]elementary\f[R] (elementary OS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]fedora\f[R] (Fedora)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]freebsd\f[R] (FreeBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]garuda\f[R] (Garuda Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]gentoo\f[R] (Gentoo)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]ghostbsd\f[R] (GhostBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]haiku\f[R] (Haiku)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kali\f[R] (Kali)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kdeneon\f[R] (KDE Neon)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]kolibrios\f[R] (KolibriOS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]linuxmint\f[R] (Linux Mint)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]manjaro\f[R] (Manjaro)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]mxlinux\f[R] (MX Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]netboot\f[R] (netboot.xyz)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]netbsd\f[R] (NetBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]nixos\f[R] (NixOS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]openbsd\f[R] (OpenBSD)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]opensuse\f[R] (openSUSE)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]oraclelinux\f[R] (Oracle Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]popos\f[R] (Pop!_OS)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]regolith\f[R] (Regolith Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]rockylinux\f[R] (Rocky Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]slackware\f[R] (Slackware)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]solus\f[R] (Solus)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]tails\f[R] (Tails)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]void\f[R] (Void Linux)
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]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[C]spice-vdagent\f[R]) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (\f[C]spice-webdavd\f[R]) to enable file
|
||||||
|
sharing.
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.SS macOS Guest
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]high-sierra\f[R], \f[C]mojave\f[R], \f[C]catalina\f[R],
|
||||||
|
\f[C]big-sur\f[R] and \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
On macOS Catalina, Big Sur & Monterey
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Select \f[C]Apple Inc. VirtIO Block Media\f[R] from the list and click
|
||||||
|
\f[B]Erase\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
On macOS Mojave and High Sierra
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Select \f[C]QEMU HARDDISK Media\f[R] (\[ti]103.08GB) from the list and
|
||||||
|
click \f[B]Erase\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
Enter a \f[C]Name:\f[R] for the disk and 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
|
||||||
|
.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[C]guest_os=\[dq]macos\[dq]\f[R] instructs Quickemu to optimise for
|
||||||
|
macOS.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]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[C]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[C]usb-tablet\f[R] (http://philjordan.eu/osx-virt/) is used for
|
||||||
|
the mouse.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
VirtIO Network (\f[C]virtio-net\f[R]) is supported and enabled on macOS
|
||||||
|
Big Sur and newer but previous releases use \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
Full Duplex audio works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
|
||||||
|
.RS 2
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[B]macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all\f[R].
|
||||||
|
.RE
|
||||||
|
.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 Windows 8.1, 10 & 11 Guests
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
\f[C]quickget\f[R] 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.
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm windows-11.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.
|
||||||
|
.SS Regional versions
|
||||||
|
.PP
|
||||||
|
By default \f[C]quickget\f[R] will download the \f[I]\[lq]English
|
||||||
|
International\[rq]\f[R] release, but you can optionally specify one of
|
||||||
|
the supported languages: For example:
|
||||||
|
.IP
|
||||||
|
.nf
|
||||||
|
\f[C]
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11 \[dq]Chinese (Traditional)\[dq]
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.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]
|
||||||
|
\f[R]
|
||||||
|
.fi
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]guest_os=\[dq]windows\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to
|
||||||
|
optimise for Windows.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]fixed_iso=\f[R] specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO
|
||||||
|
drivers.
|
||||||
|
.IP \[bu] 2
|
||||||
|
\f[C]tpm=\[dq]on\[dq]\f[R] instructs \f[C]quickemu\f[R] to create a
|
||||||
|
software emulated TPM device using \f[C]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
|
||||||
|
quickemu(1), quickemu_conf(1), quickgui(1)
|
||||||
|
.SH AUTHORS
|
||||||
|
Martin Wimpress.
|
||||||
307
docs/quickget.1.md
Normal file
307
docs/quickget.1.md
Normal file
|
|
@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
|
||||||
|
---
|
||||||
|
author: Martin Wimpress
|
||||||
|
date: 'February 20, 2022'
|
||||||
|
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 20.04
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm ubuntu-20.04.conf
|
||||||
|
```
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- Complete the installation as normal.
|
||||||
|
- Post-install:
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE agent (`spice-vdagent`) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection
|
||||||
|
- `sudo apt install spice-vdagent`
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) 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)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntukylin` (Ubuntu Kylin)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntu-mate` (Ubuntu MATE)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntustudio` (Ubuntu Studio)
|
||||||
|
- `ubuntu` (Ubuntu)
|
||||||
|
- `xubuntu` (Xubuntu)
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
Other Operating Systems
|
||||||
|
-----------------------
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
`quickget` also supports:
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
- `alma` (Alma Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `alpine` (Alpine Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `android` (Android x86)
|
||||||
|
- `archlinux` (Arch Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `arcolinux` (Arco Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `cachyos` (CachyOS)
|
||||||
|
- `debian` (Debian)
|
||||||
|
- `devuan` (Devuan)
|
||||||
|
- `dragonflybsd` (DragonFlyBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `elementary` (elementary OS)
|
||||||
|
- `fedora` (Fedora)
|
||||||
|
- `freebsd` (FreeBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `garuda` (Garuda Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `gentoo` (Gentoo)
|
||||||
|
- `ghostbsd` (GhostBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `haiku` (Haiku)
|
||||||
|
- `kali` (Kali)
|
||||||
|
- `kdeneon` (KDE Neon)
|
||||||
|
- `kolibrios` (KolibriOS)
|
||||||
|
- `linuxmint` (Linux Mint)
|
||||||
|
- `manjaro` (Manjaro)
|
||||||
|
- `mxlinux` (MX Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `netboot` (netboot.xyz)
|
||||||
|
- `netbsd` (NetBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `nixos` (NixOS)
|
||||||
|
- `openbsd` (OpenBSD)
|
||||||
|
- `opensuse` (openSUSE)
|
||||||
|
- `oraclelinux` (Oracle Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `popos` (Pop!\_OS)
|
||||||
|
- `regolith` (Regolith Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `rockylinux` (Rocky Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `slackware` (Slackware)
|
||||||
|
- `solus` (Solus)
|
||||||
|
- `tails` (Tails)
|
||||||
|
- `void` (Void Linux)
|
||||||
|
- `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`) to enable copy/paste
|
||||||
|
and USB redirection.
|
||||||
|
- Install the SPICE WebDAV agent (`spice-webdavd`) 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**
|
||||||
|
- 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**.
|
||||||
|
- 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
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
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 works on macOS High Sierra, Mojave and Catalina.
|
||||||
|
- **macOS Big Sur and Monterey have no audio at all**.
|
||||||
|
- 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
|
||||||
|
---------------------------
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
`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.
|
||||||
|
|
||||||
|
``` {.bash}
|
||||||
|
quickget windows 11
|
||||||
|
quickemu --vm windows-11.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)"
|
||||||
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```
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The default Windows 11 configuration looks like this:
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``` {.bash}
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guest_os="windows"
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disk_img="windows-11/disk.qcow2"
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iso="windows-11/Win11_EnglishInternational_x64.iso"
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fixed_iso="windows-11/virtio-win.iso"
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tpm="on"
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```
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- `guest_os="windows"` instructs `quickemu` to optimise for Windows.
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- `fixed_iso=` specifies the ISO image that provides VirtIO drivers.
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- `tpm="on"` instructs `quickemu` to create a software emulated TPM
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device using `swtpm`.
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AUTHORS
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=======
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Written by Martin Wimpress.
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BUGS
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====
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Submit bug reports online at:
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<https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu/issues>
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SEE ALSO
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========
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Full sources at: <https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu>
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quickemu(1), quickemu\_conf(1), quickgui(1)
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