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Using vmbuilder to build an 11.10 vm from 10.04?

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I am running lucid and want to build an oneiric vm using vmbuilder.

I run this command:

sudo vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite oneiric --flavour virtual 

    --arch i386 -o --libvirt qemu:///system --user user --name user 

    --pass user --addpkg imagemagick --mirror http://localhost:9999/ubuntu 

    --addpkg acpid

and get this error message:

VMBuilder.exception.VMBuilderUserError: Invalid suite: "oneiric". Valid suites are: dapper gutsy hardy intrepid jaunty karmic lucid

How can I add the ability to create VMs for newer releases?

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answered 2 Years ago darpose · Accepted Answer

I tried adding the vmbuilder team's PPA and pulling their "daily" build for lucid, but the build in the PPA appears to be several revisions behind bzr and only has support up to maverick.

Instead, I built the package directly from bzr. Living on the bleeding edge is not ideal for various reasons, but here's what I did:

sudo apt-get install bzr

sudo apt-get build-dep --no-install-recommends ubuntu-vm-builder

bzr branch lp:ubuntu/vm-builder ubzr-vm-builder

cd ubzr-vm-builder

fakeroot debian/rules binary

sudo dpkg -i ../*vm-builder*.deb

When I run the command in the question, I no longer get the error message about an invalid suite.