Installing Incus

Looking for a powerful, open-source tool to manage containers and VMs? Incus is a modern alternative to LXD, offering flexibility and performance. This guide shows you how to install Incus on Linux, set up permissions, and launch your first environment in minutes!

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This tutorial assumes that you are using either Ubuntu or an Ubuntu-based distribution.

For Ubuntu 24.04 and above:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install incus qemu-system

Run this Command as user and not root

For Older Ubuntu versions:

Some Prerequisites:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install curl

Repository Key

curl -fsSL https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc | gpg --show-keys --fingerprint

Output:

pub   rsa3072 2023-08-23 [SC] [expires: 2025-08-22]
      4EFC 5906 96CB 15B8 7C73  A3AD 82CC 8797 C838 DCFD
uid                      Zabbly Kernel Builds <[email protected]>
sub   rsa3072 2023-08-23 [E] [expires: 2025-08-22]

Make sure it matches 4EFC 5906 96CB 15B8 7C73 A3AD 82CC 8797 C838 DCFD

sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/keyrings/

The original instructions seem to be designed to be executed as root, but you can employ the following method to copy the keys as a non-root user.

curl -fsSL https://pkgs.zabbly.com/key.asc -o key.asc
sudo mv key.asc /etc/apt/keyrings/

Setting up Stable Repository:

I prefer working with the Stable version over the LTS and the daily versions, the setup is as follows:

sudo sh -c 'cat <<EOF > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/zabbly-incus-lts-6.0.sources
Enabled: yes
Types: deb
URIs: https://pkgs.zabbly.com/incus/lts-6.0
Suites: $(. /etc/os-release && echo ${VERSION_CODENAME})
Components: main
Architectures: $(dpkg --print-architecture)
Signed-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/zabbly.asc

EOF'

Installing Incus

sudo apt update
sudo apt install incus -y