i wanted an alternative to virtualbox for a long time. yesterday, i have tested virt-manager.
i needed a little while until i could successfully install and use it. here is what i did:
- installed these packages:
sudo pacman -S virt-manager qemu ebtables dmidecode
- activated these services:
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd virtlogd
- rebooted
then, i could successfully create a new virtual machine and install ubuntu 16.04 in it.
during that process i had the following problems:
- NAT did not work. therefore, i had to manually select my ethernet card and bridge network connection.
- after a short while, virt-manager lost connection to 1 kvm/qemu module. luckily, virt-manager offered 2 such connections and the other one was stable.
p.s.: after writing this post, i just saw that "virt-manager-qt5" in the AUR got updated recently. i am testing it and will report back!