add curl

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.aider*

deploy.sh

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ execute_script() {
 
 # Array of scripts
 scripts=(
+  "./scripts/install-prerequisites-on-linux.sh"
   "./scripts/core-count.sh"
   "./scripts/system-memory.sh"
   "./scripts/deploy-distro.sh"

ingredients/base-hypervisor.cfg

@@ -2,16 +2,23 @@ services --enabled="NetworkManager,systemd-resolved,libvirtd" # Without libvirtd
 
 %packages --exclude-weakdeps # Beginning of the packages section. Does not include weak dependencies.
 
-qemu-kvm
+qemu-kvm # QEMU metapackage for KVM support
-libvirt
+libvirt # Library providing a simple virtualization API
-libvirt-daemon-config-network
+libvirt-client # Client side utilities of the libvirt library
-libvirt-daemon-kvm
+libvirt-client-qemu # Additional client side utilities for QEMU. Used to interact with some QEMU specific features of libvirt.
-# libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
+libvirt-daemon # Server side daemon and supporting files for libvirt library
-virt-install
+libvirt-daemon-common # Miscellaneous files and utilities used by other libvirt daemons
-virt-top
+libvirt-daemon-config-network # Default configuration files for the libvirtd daemon. Provides NAT based networking
-libguestfs-tools # Complementary tools useful for interacting with vith guest systems. Could probablby be removed
+libvirt-daemon-driver-interface # Interface driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon
-python3-libguestfs # Complementary tools useful for interacting with vith guest systems. Could probablby be removed
+libvirt-daemon-driver-network # The network driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon, providing an implementation of the virtual network APIs using the Linux bridge capabilities.
-guestfs-tools # Complementary tools useful for interacting with vith guest systems. Could probablby be removed
+libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu # QEMU driver plugin for the libvirtd daemon
+libvirt-daemon-kvm # Server side daemon & driver required to run KVM guests
+libvirt-daemon-log # Server side daemon for managing logs
+libvirt-daemon-qemu # Server side daemon and driver required to manage the virtualization capabilities of the QEMU TCG emulators
+libvirt-nss # Libvirt plugin for Name Service Switch
+libvirt-dbus # libvirt D-Bus API binding
+libvirt-daemon-driver-ch # Cloud-Hypervisor driver plugin for libvirtd daemon
+virt-install # Utilities for installing virtual machines
 
 %end # End of the packages section
 

ingredients/core-packages-default.cfg

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ zram-generator-defaults # Default configuration for zram-generator
 pciutils # PCI bus related utilities
 libusb # Library for accessing USB devices
 usbutils # Linux USB utilities
+curl # transfer a URL
 wget # An advanced file and recursive website downloader
 nano # A small text editor
 

scripts/install-prerequisites-on-linux.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Check if virt-manager is already installed
+if command -v virt-manager &> /dev/null; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Detect the Linux distribution
+if [[ -f /etc/os-release ]]; then
+    . /etc/os-release
+    DISTRO="$ID"
+else
+    echo "Unable to determine Linux distribution. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "Detected distribution: $DISTRO"
+
+# Install prerequisites based on distribution
+case "$DISTRO" in
+    ubuntu|debian)
+        echo "Installing prerequisites for Debian/Ubuntu..."
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y qemu-system libvirt-daemon-system virt-manager
+        ;;
+    fedora|rhel|centos)
+        echo "Installing prerequisites for Fedora/RHEL/CentOS..."
+        dnf install -y qemu-kvm libvirt virt-manager
+        ;;
+    arch)
+        echo "Installing prerequisites for Arch Linux..."
+        pacman -S --noconfirm qemu-desktop libvirt virt-manager
+        ;;
+    opensuse-tumbleweed)
+        echo "Installing prerequisites for openSUSE Tumbleweed..."  
+        zypper -n install qemu libvirt virt-manager
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo "Unsupported distribution: $DISTRO.  Manual installation required."
+        exit 1
+        ;;
+esac
+