quickget

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 {{high-sierra|mojave|catalina|big-sur|monterey|ventura}}

• Show an ISO URL for an operating system (Note: it does not work for Windows):

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

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

quickget --test-iso-url nixos {{edition}} {{plasma5}}

• Open an operating system distribution's homepage in a browser (Note: it does not work for Windows):

quickget --open-distro-homepage {{os}}