Re: qemu-kvm won't install on Bullseye. Installs qemu-system-x86 instead.

From	Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: qemu-kvm won't install on Bullseye. Installs qemu-system-x86 instead.
Date	2020-09-17 11:40 +0200
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On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 5:20 AM Thomas Pircher <thp+debian@p5r.uk> wrote:

> Kenneth Parker wrote:
> > When I try to install qemu-kvm, I get:  "Note, selecting
> > 'qemu-system-x86' instead of qemu-kvm"
>
> The 'qemu-kvm' package does no longer exist. It is a virtual package and
> is being replaced by qemu-system-x86.
>
> > And then, when I try to Define the Guest, using the file I had created,
> > using "virsh dumpxml abc.xml" (on Mint), I got "cannot check QEMU binary
> > /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64: No such file or directory"
>
> That is weird. On an up-to-date bullseye installation this binary is
> provided by the qemu-system-x86 package. Do you have that package
> installed?
>

Thanks!  No.  So I installed qemu-system-x86, and retried.  Now it told me
that the Guest is Defined.

People will, of course need to know the new Package Name.

Kenneth Parker

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qemu-kvm won't install on Bullseye. Installs qemu-system-x86 instead. Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-17 11:20 +0200
  Re: qemu-kvm won't install on Bullseye. Installs qemu-system-x86  instead. Thomas Pircher <thp+debian@p5r.uk> - 2020-09-17 11:30 +0200
    Re: qemu-kvm won't install on Bullseye. Installs qemu-system-x86 instead. Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2020-09-17 11:40 +0200

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