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This document provides a step-by-step guide to install QEMU/KVM on Arch Linux, starting with checking virtualization support and updating the system. It includes instructions for installing necessary packages, configuring permissions, adding the user to relevant groups, and enabling the libvirt service. Finally, it advises on rebooting the system to complete the installation process.

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howtoinstallqemuarchlinux

This document provides a step-by-step guide to install QEMU/KVM on Arch Linux, starting with checking virtualization support and updating the system. It includes instructions for installing necessary packages, configuring permissions, adding the user to relevant groups, and enabling the libvirt service. Finally, it advises on rebooting the system to complete the installation process.

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How to install QEMU/KVM on Arch Linux

1. Check if you have virtualization support enabled


` grep -Ec '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
If you obtain a number greater than 0, virtualization is active
'vmx' is a flag for intel processor, 'svm' is a flag for amd processor

2. Apply update on your system


`sudo pacman -Svyu`

(optional: install archlinux-keyring packages to update repository keys)

2. Install the following packages:


`sudo pacman -S qemu virt-manager virt-viewer dnsmasq vde2 ebtables iptables-nft
nftables bridge-utils ovmf swtpm openbsd-netcat demicode libguestfs`

This execute a command to install packages. First, you must select a provider to
qemu package:
:: Repository extra
1) qemu-base 2) qemu-desktop 3) qemu-full

3. Configure the following files to activate some functionalities and permissions


- In this file: /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf, uncomment this lines:
# unix_sock_group = "libvirt"
# unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770"
(for uncomment the lines, remove the '#' character before the permission,
also, saving the file will request a superuser permission)
- In this file: /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf, uncomment and add your username in this
lines:
# user = "yourusername"
# group = "yourusername"

4. The next step is add your user to group that drive virt and kvm, i.e.:
`sudo usermod -aG kvm,libvirt $(whoami)`
(whoami is a command that show what is your username)

5. Confirm the change on this group with this command:


`newgrp libvirt`

6. Enable, start and show the status of the libvirt service using this commands:
```sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service
sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service
sudo systemctl status libvirtd.service
```
(in the last command, the result must show anything like "active running")

7. To allow to use the network configuration, you must activate the config using
this command:
`sudo virsh net-autostart default`
(It shows an alert to point that command executed succesfully)

8. Finally, execute this command to reboot system:


`sudo reboot`
or graphically go to Start Menu and select logout/shutdown buttons,
and select the "reboot" option

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