How to Install the new Gnome Boxes?

Question

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

Solution 1

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.

Solution 2

Installation on 12.10:

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Solution 3

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

Solution 4

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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Comments

[Frank Moore]

In Ubuntu 11.10?

[Tachyons]

installing it in 11.10 may cause problems ,thats why i mentioned 12.04

[Thomas Ward]

@EApubs see jokerdino's answer to this question, dependencies are a problem with GNOME boxes within 11.10

[iBelieve]

NOTE: GNOME Boxes only runs on the amd64 version of Ubuntu at this time.