Installation
Supported host OS:
- macOS (the latest version is recommended)
- Linux
- NetBSD (untested)
- DragonFlyBSD (untested)
- Windows (untested)
Prerequisite:
- QEMU (Required, only if QEMU driver is used)
brew install lima
Homebrew formula is available here. Supports macOS and Linux.
sudo port install lima
nix-env -i lima
Nix file: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/virtualization/lima/default.nix
Download the binary archive of Lima from https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases,
and extract it under /usr/local (or somewhere else).
VERSION=$(curl -fsSL https://api.github.com/repos/lima-vm/lima/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/${VERSION}/lima-${VERSION:1}-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m).tar.gz" | tar Cxzvm /usr/local
# For Lima v1.1 onward
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/download/${VERSION}/lima-additional-guestagents-${VERSION:1}-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m).tar.gz" | tar Cxzvm /usr/local