Installation

Supported host OS:

• macOS (the latest version is recommended)
• Linux
• NetBSD (untested)
• DragonFlyBSD (untested)
• Windows (untested)

Prerequisite:

• QEMU (Required, only if [QEMU]({{< ref "/docs/config/vmtype#qemu" >}}) driver is used)

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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.

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sudo port install lima

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nix-env -i lima

Nix file: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/by-name/li/lima/package.nix {{% /tab %}}

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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

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