Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2). The original goal of Lima was to promote containerd including nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl) to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well. Lima also supports other container engines, such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.
Lima launches Linux virtual machines with automatic file sharing and port forwarding (similar to WSL2). The original goal of Lima was to promote containerd including nerdctl (contaiNERD ctl) to Mac users, but Lima can be used for non-container applications as well. Lima also supports other container engines, such as Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.
To install lima, run the following command in macOS terminal (Applications->Utilities->Terminal)
sudo port install lima
To see what files were installed by lima, run:
port contents lima
To later upgrade lima, run:
sudo port selfupdate && sudo port upgrade lima
Reporting an issue on MacPorts Trac
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