Source: debvm Maintainer: Helmut Grohne Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), perl Section: admin Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.7.2 Rules-Requires-Root: no Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/ Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm.git -b debian Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/ Package: debvm Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, dpkg-dev, e2fsprogs, mmdebstrap (>= 1.3.0), qemu-system-native | qemu-kvm (>> 1:8.0) | qemu-system-any, # *-run for -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 ipxe-qemu, Recommends: # *-create uidmap, qemu-user-binfmt (>= 1:9.1.0+ds-1~) | qemu-user-static (<< 1:9.1.0+ds-1~), systemd | binfmt-support, # *-run for non-native qemu-system, # *-run for ppc64el seabios, # debvm-run arch-test, file, # debefivm-create dosfstools, fdisk, mount, mtools, systemd, systemd-ukify | binutils-multiarch, # debefivm-run for amd64 ovmf, # debvm-waitssh openssh-client, Suggests: # debefivm-run for i386 ovmf-ia32, # debefivm-run for arm64 qemu-efi-aarch64, # debefivm-run for armel and armhf qemu-efi-arm, # debefivm-run for riscv64 qemu-efi-riscv64, # *-run for --graphical qemu-system-gui, Description: create and run virtual machines for various Debian releases and architectures The tool debvm-create can be used to create a virtual machine image and the tool debvm-run can be used to run such a machine image. Their purpose primarily is testing software using qemu as a containment technology. These are relatively thin wrappers around mmdebstrap and qemu.