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Boxes is an application from the GNOME project that allows creating and accessing virtual machines, running locally or remotely. It also allows to connect to the display of a remote computer.

Boxes leverages QEMU with KVM, libvirt, SPICE, and VNC.

Installation

USE flags

USE flags for gnome-extra/gnome-boxes Simple GNOME application to access remote or virtual systems

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Emerge

To use the file sharing feature of Boxes, net-misc/spice-gtk must be emerged with the webdav USE flag enabled:

FILE /etc/portage/package.use/gnome-boxes

net-misc/spice-gtk webdav

Install gnome-boxes:

root #emerge --ask gnome-extra/gnome-boxes

Configuration

User permissions

To create and run virtual machines using Boxes as a normal user, the user permissions and service for libvirt must be set up as shown in this article.

Additionally, the user must be added to the kvm group:

root #usermod -a -G kvm <user>

See also

• Gnome — a feature-rich desktop environment provided by the GNOME project.
• Virtualization — the concept and technique that permits running software in an environment separate from a computer operating system.