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jhhg52

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Registered: 2026-05-27

Posts: 2

Linux kvm and virt-manager

Alright , I installed arch on kvm(virt-manager) and it went well. However I cannot connect to the internet because the necessary packages are not installed. How do i add the missing packages to my existing Arch distro?

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 867

Re: Linux kvm and virt-manager

you missed this bit in section 3.5

Complete the network configuration for the newly installed environment. That may include installing suitable network management software, configuring it if necessary and enabling its systemd unit so that it starts at boot.

not to worry you have systemd so just enable systemd-networkd and that SHOULD pick up dhcp on ethernet controller and then you will have internet access to install whatever you like.

systemctl enable --now systemd-networkd

remember there is a wiki page for just about everything so make sure to read that first and if you get stuck then ask here.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 15,045

Re: Linux kvm and virt-manager

For clarity :

- What OS is the host running ?
- Does internet on the host work ?

You may need to setup some things in virt-manager, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Virt-m … Networking

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky