type	title	description	tags	coverImage
Zettel	Installing QEMU on Arch Linux	Tried this on Anton	Linux VirtualMachines Arch

Tried this on April 4, 2024

Install Packages

sudo pacman -Syy
sudo pacman -S archlinux-keyring
sudo pacman -S qemu virt-manager virt-viewer dnsmasq vde2 bridge-utils openbsd-netcat dmidecode ebtables iptables libguestfs

up KVM Services

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service
sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service

Check Status

sudo systemctl status libvirtd.service

Open Configuration File

sudo vim /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf

Check these lines

unix_sock_group = "libvirt"
unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770"

Set your user to LibVert Group

sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)
newgrp libvirt

Restart Service if required

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service