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AlThePal

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Registered: 2025-11-07

Posts: 3  

Running QEMU/KVM with runit

I have converted my Excalibur installation to use runit. This seems to be working well, but I can't get QEMU/KVM to run - I normally use Virtual Machine Manager.

When I try to install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu it complains:

Solving dependencies... Error!  
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Unsatisfied dependencies:
 runit-init : Conflicts: sysvinit-core but 3.14-4devuan1 is to be installed
 sysvinit-core : Conflicts: runit-init but 2.2.0-3 is to be installed
Error: Error, pkgProblemResolver::Resolve generated breaks, this may be caused by held packages.
Error: The following information from --solver 3.0 may provide additional context:
   Unable to satisfy dependencies. Reached two conflicting decisions:
   1. sysvinit-core:amd64 is not selected for install because:
      1. runit-init:amd64 is selected for install
      2. runit-init:amd64 is available in version 2.2.0-3
      3. sysvinit-core:amd64 Conflicts runit-init
   2. sysvinit-core:amd64 is selected for install because:
      1. libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu:amd64=11.3.0-3devuan1 is selected for install
      2. libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu:amd64 Depends systemd-container | sysvinit-core

Is there any way I can run QEMU/KVM while using runit?

fsmithred

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Registered: 2016-11-25

Posts: 2,751  

Re: Running QEMU/KVM with runit

Two things.

1. You can run qemu without libvirt. I have one system with it and one without and I haven't noticed any difference. Maybe I need to do something different to engage libvirt.

2. File a bug report for libvirt on bugs.devuan.org to adjust the dependencies. (assuming it works with runit)
You could test it by unpacking the offending deb package, adjusting the dependencies in debian/control and repacking the deb. Install it and see if it works. I don't recall the commands for unpack/repack, but it should be easy to find.