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 Hint: specify --HEAD to install the HEAD (master) version. The HEAD version provides early access to the latest features and improvements before they are officially released.
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/by-name/li/lima/package.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