Arch based Package Installation

Package requirements for base DKVM.

sudo pacman -S git base-devel python-click python-tqdm virt-manager qemu-full vde2 ebtables iptables-nft nftables dnsmasq bridge-utils ovmf qemu-tools dosfstools tk

Please note: Conflicts may happen when installing these programs. A warning like the below example may appear in your terminal:

iptables and iptables-nft are in conflict. Remove iptables? [y/N]

If you do encounter this kind of message, press y and enter to continue the installation.

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If you’re interested in working with Mac OS releases prior to Catalina, make sure you install the following package for DarwinUDK UEFI Firmware support in Virt-Manager.

To get started, cd to the DarwinUDK folder.

cd DarwinUDK/Arch

You’ll now be able to use pacman to install the DUDK-Firmware package.

sudo pacman -U DUDK-Firmware-1.0.0-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

You’ll now be able to successfully import DarwinLegacyKVM.xml and use DUDK-Firmware!

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