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Asked: 2012-03-30 06:26:25 +0800 CST

How to Install the new Gnome Boxes?

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How can I install the new virtual machine app Boxes (https://live.gnome.org/Boxes) in Ubuntu?

virtualization gnome-boxes

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  1. Best Answer

    Gnome-boxes cannot be installed on 12.04.

    GNOME boxes has not been packaged due to dependency problems. If you want to try out the boxes, try compiling from the source.

    For 12.10 and newer it can be installed by simply typing:

    sudo apt-get install gnome-boxes

    If you are looking to use a newer version, you can consider installing it from the source tarballs.

    Do take note that GNOME boxes is still very much in development.

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  2. Installation on 12.10:

    Click on the button:

    Install via the software center

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  3. First install gnome-boxes and the required dependencies libvirt-bin and qemu-kvm sudo apt install libvirt-bin qemu-kvm gnome-boxes

    Then add yourself to the kvm group sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER

    Then allow kvm group to run commands and edit the qemu.conf file sudo sed -i -e 's/\#group\ =\ "root"/group=kvm/g' /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf

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  4. Install using Flatpak

    sudo apt install flatpak
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak

    Now use the following command to install GNOME Boxes

    flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Boxes

    Or use .flatpakref file to install

    GNOME Boxes

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