0.0.9

Highlights

Is is the first build with all significant functional changes added to the tree from PRs.

Included in this release

• xz version 5.2.9
• QEMU 8.0.0-dev (13356edb87506c148b163b8c7eb0695647d00c2a) (this one includes 9pfs on Windows hosts patches and UEFI pflash fixes, if this functionality is not needed, then consider using official installer)
• gvproxy same version bundled with Podman
• Podman 4.5.0-dev (f0d863e5cc52f4eab2aaf893380764e741da21f7) with patches to enable QEMU support on Windows
• gocat 0.3.0-dev (cc6fb8a5db72948af31628b019575478522f4425) rebuilt with dependency updates
• msys2-tools (minimal subset to support Lima) - package tree from 2023-02-10

How to install

1. Download and install QEMU (from this release or official one version 7.2.0 or newer)
2. Download and install Podman from this release (it might be a good idea to uninstall one first if you had it before)
3. Choose a location where you want utilities to reside and open console terminal there, then execute

powershell -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.9/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

or

pwsh -c "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.9/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

4. Follow the instructions in README.

SHA checksums

SHA256

76031f44acf503d8d499e02532ffeed680d3fdb1e3af222dd65a5ade32b255f1 *./gocat.zip
745e78d13dda1d43224d4eaf5723b225a7804ccd4294a29805fa6b13592063e5 *./msys2-tools.zip
bf626259258baf5a94acecffbb47ad9ff49a9fd1fdc647b94a64306da3aef9a2 *./podman-4.5.0-dev-setup.exe
71728c960122e43ce7cbadc655ebd83110fc5529202da528733f6b53cdf3fb40 *./qemu-setup-7.2.50.exe

SHA512

36e856587fe1c4e2e60bd7812d87d7a49385618d240b2d117e9c913bcc2f6cd7cb46f231803991281565c6ffa6bdd77aecb2bab0fbce7fb62c8c0fd56d8abef1 *./gocat.zip
c779150c26d94a997e626453c056b02191afe4741941b864d2664deaf8c3a163cc2fdbe96af7e4162aa49e335f239fa2393e80c7429ad31dc6e3b813211dd237 *./msys2-tools.zip
f122526864ec524bffd6a3175812f8393f4022daf343211aa9674209bb3903da51c8b6fecb24989f46b24d3c67e50e4925043774d88db61f843c3d5bcfb50030 *./podman-4.5.0-dev-setup.exe
c06b085630b07f00d09afb917f7324aad138d3c41db476d1d65d2bf5ca1f2c93301a582ba397e783dab4249faa2180273fcab5aa4669629fec01cc84eab9dc8e *./qemu-setup-7.2.50.exe

0.0.8

Highlights

It is the first release linked against UCRT (before it was MSVCRT). There is some preliminary work to support Lima.

Included in this release

• xz version 5.2.9
• QEMU 7.2.0 (this one includes 9pfs on Windows hosts patches and UEFI pflash fixes, if this functionality is not needed, then consider using official installer)
• gvproxy 0.5.0-dev(aab0ac9367fc5142f5857c36ac2352bcb3c60ab7)
• Podman 4.4.0-dev (cdcd2eddc713bf0372f5da137c007b1421f049b3) with patches to enable QEMU support on Windows
• gocat 0.3.0-dev (cc6fb8a5db72948af31628b019575478522f4425) rebuilt with dependency updates
• msys2-tools (minimal subset to support Lima) - package tree from 2023-01-17

How to install

1. Download and install QEMU (from this release or official one version 7.2.0 or newer)
2. Download and install Podman from this release (it might be a good idea to uninstall one first if you had it before)
3. Choose a location where you want utilities to reside and open console terminal there, then execute

powershell -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.8/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

or

pwsh -c "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.8/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

4. Follow the instructions in README.

SHA checksums

SHA512

2d1601831ecf485e875925ef44fe72b7fe98afbbd7f64d3d2951903c8f6c1ed209f08f0dbe5d17903f65bc2f538920b7cfba6c2c396f2255152a2b42cd478d8a *./gocat.zip
22dfc5630da0609fd81525930219936553ef79f1a214c79a136eee0447def775a032d6613b021394fef019a6f449776ce85eb2960fd4b2d73a9d3b74183264bf *./msys2-tools.zip
fd07c66f5ba22e376653808e956d03005bc92429c1579d5679850cc1e82c0e745d970f48fe8c7a8037b435ace8da7cc3a0eea13a768842722711fced466f2a95 *./podman-4.4.0-dev-setup.exe
0627ae96b4fba67f8ef9bea538339cdb82bcab237dce4b0118650e28d11ad5565343c52d0a69a5097c0b5162705d21ea6301e4aa3f732a2d19af77bde9303382 *./qemu-setup-7.2.0.exe

0.0.7

Highlights

It is the first release build with installers. Now all binaries are built w/o debug info making it significantly less heavy.

Included in this release

• xz version 5.2.9
• QEMU 7.2.0 (this one includes 9pfs on Windows hosts patches and no other modifications, if this functionality is not needed, then consider using official installer)
• gvproxy 0.5.0-dev(0b876d7828e575344e9fa5fb98117c2a9bda65e5)
• Podman 4.4.0-dev (a6b375f8d74c2db4ce05d72acc3f06df7c822983) with patches to enable QEMU support on Windows

How to install

1. Download and install QEMU (from this release or official one version 7.2.0 or newer)
2. Download and install Podman from this release (it might be a good idea to uninstall one first if you had it before)
3. Choose a location where you want utilities to reside and open console terminal there, then execute

powershell -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.7/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

or

pwsh -c "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arixmkii/qcw/v0.0.7/qcw-utils.ps1'))"

4. Follow the instructions in README.