# virtiofsd mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, Nix, pacman, zypper installieren

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## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:virtiofsd
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: virtiofsd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: Debian stable package indexes: virtiofsd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: virtiofsd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: Arch Linux sync databases: virtiofsd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install virtiofsd
```

  Evidenz: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: virtiofsd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:virtiofsd
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.14.0
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust
- **Homepage:** <https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd>
- **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-07-22T17:58:24Z
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- virtiofsd (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 1.14.0
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

virtiofsd is a Rust vhost-user backend daemon for virtio-fs. It exports a host directory to a virtual machine through a Unix socket or supplied file descriptor, with sandboxing, privilege reduction, and filesystem feature controls.

### Projektgeschichte

The standalone official GitLab repository was created in October 2020. Its recorded releases begin with v1.2.0 in May 2022 and continue through v1.14.0 in July 2026.

### Adoptionsgeschichte

The supplied package metadata records virtiofsd across Alpine, Homebrew, Debian, Fedora-family, Nix, Arch, Ubuntu, and openSUSE package ecosystems. This unusually broad package-manager coverage reflects its role as virtualization infrastructure rather than an interactive desktop utility.

### Wie es verwendet wird

An operator runs virtiofsd with a shared directory and either a socket path or file descriptor, then connects the corresponding vhost-user-fs device from a hypervisor such as QEMU. The daemon is normally run as root or as fake root in a user namespace and drops capabilities and limits syscalls during startup.

### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

virtiofsd is the userspace service that lets virtio-fs packaging evolve independently of a hypervisor release. Distribution maintainers must coordinate a Rust binary with libcap-ng, libseccomp, Linux privilege behavior, hypervisor configuration, and guest filesystem semantics.

### Zeitleiste

- 2020-10: Standalone official GitLab repository created.
- 2022-05: v1.2.0, the oldest release returned by the official GitLab releases API, published.
- 2026-07: v1.14.0 published.

### Related projects

- virtiofsd implements the userspace backend for virtio-fs and is configured alongside a vhost-user-fs frontend in a hypervisor such as QEMU. Its build depends on Rust, libcap-ng, and libseccomp.

### Quellen

- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/virtio-fs%2Fvirtiofsd — official GitLab project metadata and creation date.>
- <https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/virtio-fs%2Fvirtiofsd/releases?per_page=100 — official GitLab release history.>
- <https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd/-/blob/main/README.md — official README for purpose, build dependencies, privilege model, options, and QEMU integration.>
- <https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/ — official virtio-fs project documentation.>
- input source_facts.package-manager — supplied distribution package records.


## Sicherheitshinweise

Für virtiofsd wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat.


## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

- Debian apt - virtiofsd - 1.13.2-1+deb13u1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: virtiofsd from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Virtio-fs vhost-user device daemon | https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
- Nix - virtiofsd: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vi/virtiofsd/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - virtiofsd - 1.10.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: virtiofsd from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Virtio-fs vhost-user device daemon | https://virtio-fs.gitlab.io/
- apk - virtiofsd - 1.13.3-r1: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: virtiofsd from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | virtio-fs vhost-user device daemon | https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd
- dnf - virtiofsd - 1.14.0-2.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: virtiofsd from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Virtio-fs vhost-user device daemon (Rust version) | https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd
- pacman - virtiofsd - 1.14.0-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: virtiofsd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust | https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd
- zypper - virtiofsd - 1.14.0-1.2: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: virtiofsd from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | A vhost-user virtio-fs device backend written in Rust | https://gitlab.com/virtio-fs/virtiofsd


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/virtiofsd.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/virtiofsd.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph