quickget Command Examples

Download and prepare materials for building a Quickemu virtual machine. Note: the parameter "edition" is always optional. See also: quickemu. More information: https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu.

• Display the list of all supported guest operating systems, versions and variants:

quickget list

• Download and create the virtual machine configuration for building a Quickemu virtual machine for an OS:

quickget {{os}} {{release}} {{edition}}

• Download configuration for a Windows 11 VM with VirtIO drivers for Windows:

quickget windows 11

• Download a macOS recovery image and creates a virtual machine configuration:

quickget macos {{mojave|catalina|big-sur|monterey|ventura|sonoma}}

• Show an ISO URL for an operating system:

quickget --url fedora {{release}} {{edition}}

• Test if an ISO file is available for an operating system:

quickget --check nixos {{release}} {{edition}}

• Download an image without building any VM configuration:

quickget --download {{os}} {{release}} {{edition}}

• Create a VM configuration for an OS image:

quickget --create-config {{os}} {{path/to/iso}}