https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup
Setup of running GUI applications in a incus container
https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup
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Setup of running GUI applications in a incus container
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup
- Owner: eliranwong
- Created: 2024-06-19T07:05:07.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-05T17:22:04.000Z (10 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-02-14T12:17:53.301Z (8 months ago)
- Size: 119 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 5
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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# incus_container_gui_setup
Setup of running GUI applications in a [incus container](https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/)
Tested on [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS](https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup/blob/main/ubuntu_22.04_LTS_tested.md)
Tested on [Ubuntu 24.04 LTS](https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup/blob/main/ubuntu_24.04_LTS_tested.md)
Tested Hardware: GPU, Sound, Microphone, Camera
Tested GUI: X11 apps, Qt-based GUI apps, GTK-based apps, Snap apps, System-tray apps
Tested Drivers: ROCm 6.0.2, ROCm 6.1.2, ROCm 6.1.3
Tested input method: ibus
Tested nested container: docker
Tested AI Tools: Llama.cpp, Ollama, Perplexica, Piper-TTS
# Install Incus on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
> sudo apt install -y incus
> sudo adduser $LOGNAME incus-admin
> newgrp incus-admin
> incus admin init
# Install Incus on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
```
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings
wget -qO - https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-incus-stable.sources
```
Add the following content:
```
Enabled: yes
Types: deb
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/incus/stable
Suites: jammy
Components: main
Architectures: amd64
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc
```
Run:
```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y incus
sudo adduser $LOGNAME incus-admin
newgrp incus-admin
incus admin init
```
# View available Images
To list all available images:
> incus image list images:
Filter available images, e.g.:
> incus image list images:ubuntu
> incus image list images:22.04
> incus image list images:debian
To filter images that work with ```cloud-init```:
> incus image list images:cloud
# Run GUI Apps
Tested on [Ubuntu 22.04 LTS](https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup/blob/main/ubuntu_22.04_LTS_tested.md)
Tested on [Ubuntu 24.04 LTS](https://github.com/eliranwong/incus_container_gui_setup/blob/main/ubuntu_24.04_LTS_tested.md)
# Resources
incus info --resources
To add a device, read https://linuxcontainers.org/incus/docs/main/reference/devices/
# Log information
> incus info --show-log ub
# Delete
To delete a container:
> incus delete mycontainername
# Uninstall
> sudo apt remove --autoremove incus incus-base
On Ubuntu 22.04, also run:
> sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-incus-stable.sources /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc