quickget

Download OS images for Quickemu VMs

TLDR

List all supported operating systems

$ quickget --list

List in CSV/JSON format

$ quickget --list-csv

Download and create VM config

$ quickget [os] [release] [edition]

Download Windows 11

$ quickget windows 11

Download macOS

$ quickget macos [sonoma]

Show ISO URL

$ quickget --url [os] [release]

Check if ISO available

$ quickget --check [os] [release]

Download only without config

$ quickget --download [os] [release]

SYNOPSIS

quickget [--list|--url|--check|--download] [os] [release] [edition]

quickget downloads operating system images and creates Quickemu configuration files. It supports hundreds of operating systems including Linux distributions, Windows, macOS, and BSD variants.The tool automatically selects appropriate download mirrors and creates optimized VM configurations based on the OS requirements.

PARAMETERS

--list, --list-csv, --list-json

List supported operating systems

--url _os_ _release_

Show ISO download URL

--check _os_ _release_

Check if ISO is available

--download _os_ _release_

Download without creating config

--create-config _os_ _iso_

Create config from existing ISO

Operating system name

release

Version/release number

edition

Edition variant (optional)

INSTALL

sudo apt install quickemu

sudo dnf install quickemu

nix profile install nixpkgs#quickemu

CAVEATS

Large downloads may take significant time. Some OS editions require specific release versions. macOS downloads are recovery images. Windows needs virtio drivers.

HISTORY

quickget is the companion tool to quickemu, developed by Martin Wimpress. It simplifies the process of obtaining and preparing VM images for various operating systems.