gnome-boxes missing dependency

[steve archambault]

When installing gnome-boxes it launches but can’t import iso image gives kvm problems looking into it it’s because it’s missing kvm and dependency, so after installing this listed below problem is solved is it possible to add this to future gnome-boxes install as dependency.

Thank You

qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: gnome-boxes 46.0-1build1
Uname: Linux 6.10.4-061004-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.1-0ubuntu3.1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Aug 13 10:11:10 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-08-13 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Release amd64 (20240424)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: gnome-boxes
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jeremy Bícha (jbicha)]

gnome-boxes already has Depends: libvirt-clients, libvirt-daemon

and Recommends: qemu-system-x86

libvirt-daemon has Recommends: qemu-kvm | qemu-system

GNOME Boxes has worked fine for me for years without bridge-utils installed.

[Petros Schaffrath (malsabku)]

I have the same issue since Ubuntu 24.04. I tested in on an AMD and Intel laptop.

In Ubuntu 22.04 / Gnome Boxes 42.x it worked perfectly without libvirt-daemon-system, but in 24.04 / Gnome Boxes 46.x you need the package libvirt-daemon-system in order to create the VM. However you can start a VM without libvirt-daemon-system, but you cannot create VM without libvirt-daemon-system.

I guess the issue began in Gnome Boxes 43.x, because in Debian 11 Stable / Gnome 43, I can create and start a VM without libvirt-daemon-system, but during creation there is a warning that no KVM extensions are installed. However it's just a warning and everything else is working fine there. After installing libvirt-daemon-system in Debian 11, the warning goes away.

[Petros Schaffrath (malsabku)]

I was able to narrow down the bug somewhat.

- Existing VMs can be started without the libvirt-daemon-system package
- you can also create and start a VM with the integrated download manager without the libvirt-daemon-system package

- However if you create a VM with the ISO file only you get the error message "No KVM" if you have no libvirt-daemon-system package. This seems to be a bug in the creation assistent in gnome-boxes.