Source: debvm Maintainer: Helmut Grohne Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13), perl Section: admin Priority: optional Standards-Version: 4.6.2 Rules-Requires-Root: no Homepage: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/ Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm.git -b debian Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/helmutg/debvm/ Package: debvm Architecture: all Depends: ${misc:Depends}, e2fsprogs, genext2fs, mmdebstrap (>= 1.3.0), passwd, qemu-kvm | qemu-system-arm | qemu-system-mips | qemu-system-misc | qemu-system-ppc | qemu-system-sparc | qemu-system-x86, # Required for -device virtio-net-pci,netdev=net0 ipxe-qemu, Recommends: arch-test, file, systemd | binfmt-support, openssh-client, qemu-system, qemu-user-static, seabios, uidmap | fakeroot, uidmap | fakechroot, Suggests: qemu-system-gui, Description: create and run virtual machines for various Debian releases and architectures The tool debvm-create can be used to create a virtual machine image and the tool debvm-run can be used to run such a machine image. Their purpose primarily is testing software using qemu as a containment technology. These are relatively thin wrappers around mmdebstrap and qemu.