Important
- QEMU is the default hypervisor on Linux.
- QEMU should be preferred over VirtualBox on Linux because it provides better compatibility and performances.
- If VirtualBox was used with a legacy version of Genymotion Desktop, switch to the QEMU hypervisor.
Linux VM and Cloud Service support
- You are trying to run Genymotion in a Linux virtual machine, a server, or a Cloud service (AWS, GCP, Azure, ...).
- Genymotion Desktop has been designed to run in a physical environment, not in a virtual machine.
- For this reason, using a Linux VM or Cloud machine is not supported.
Additional references
For more details, please refer to the following articles:
- Can Genymotion Desktop run in a virtual machine?
- Can Genymotion Desktop run on a server?
- Can Genymotion Desktop run in a Cloud service (AWS, Google Cloud, MS Azure, Alibaba, etc.)?
Hardware requirements
- Your hardware does not meet Genymotion Desktop requirements.
- Make sure your computer meets Genymotion Desktop requirements. See What are Genymotion Desktop requirements?
Supported Linux distributions
- You are using an unsupported distribution.
- Make sure to use one of our supported distributions:
- Ubuntu LTS (64 bit)
- Debian stable (64 bit)
- Fedora Workstation (64 bit)
- Other distributions and versions, such as Kali Linux or Linux Mint, have not been tested and may not provide the necessary libraries.
Hypervisor recommendation
- You are using VirtualBox as hypervisor.
- QEMU is the default hypervisor on Linux and should be preferred over VirtualBox.
- If you were using VirtualBox with a legacy version of Genymotion Desktop, and you are getting an error, we recommend switching to QEMU hypervisor instead.
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