gnome-boxes install does not install qemu(-kvm)

[Jeb E.]

For example, the Ubuntu Software Center and 'apt' tool within the Terminal do not recognize and flag the packages 'qemu' "qemu-kvm" and 'libvirt-bin' for install upon installation of the gnome-boxes package.

Gnome-boxes requires these packages to virtualize, and should be flagged and installed as part of the default.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: apt 1.6.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Thu May 3 09:25:35 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-05-01 (2 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeb E. (jebeld17)]

https://askubuntu.com/questions/836703/gnome-boxes-iso-issue

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

libvirt-bin should not be necessary. gnome-boxes recommends qemu-system-x86 so it should be installed on most systems; and libvirt-daemon recommends qemu-kvm so that should be installed too. Both are not integral parts of gnome boxes though, it works fine without it (e.g. managing remote machines I think).

In any case, reassigning to gnome-boxes.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

Though, gnome-boxes in your use case also needs qemu-img, which is shipped in qemu-utils.

[Jeb E. (jebeld17)]

I can confirm Gnome Boxes (gnome-boxes) works properly again in Ubuntu 18.10 x64.
Gnome Boxes version 3.30.2-0dc83a95 from dl.flathub.org.

[Dennis Etheridge (dl751ether)]

I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 and qemu(-kvm), libvert was not installed.