Arch-Virt

A bash script for Arch Linux to install packages for virtualization and containerization.

Prerequisites

1. Paru AUR Helper - https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/paru-bin

Steps

1. Clone the git repo
   git clone https://github.com/fsociety3765/arch-virt
2. Move into the git repo and make all scripts executable
   cd arch-virt/ && chmod +x *.sh
3. Run the virt-setup.sh script
   ./virt-setup.sh
4. Follow prompts until the setup is complete.

NOTE

During the installation of VirtualBox you will be asked to choose a package to provide host modules. This will depend on the kernel you're running.

• for the linux kernel, choose virtualbox-host-modules-arch
• for any other kernel (including linux-lts), choose virtualbox-host-dkms

To compile the VirtualBox modules provided by virtualbox-host-dkms, it will also be necessary to install the appropriate headers package(s) for your installed kernel(s) (e.g. linux-lts-headers for linux-lts). When either VirtualBox or the kernel is updated, the kernel modules will be automatically recompiled thanks to the DKMS Pacman hook.

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/VirtualBox for further information.