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Multipass get-started

Install multipass on MacOS.

Launch a terminal and run below commands.

% multipass list
No instances found.

% multipass find
Image                       Aliases           Version          Description
snapcraft:core18            18.04             20201111         Snapcraft builder for Core 18
snapcraft:core20            20.04             20210921         Snapcraft builder for Core 20
snapcraft:core22            22.04             20220426         Snapcraft builder for Core 22
18.04                       bionic            20221207         Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
20.04                       focal             20221201         Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
22.04                       jammy,lts         20221201         Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
...

% multipass launch jammy 
Launched: cleansing-willet            

% multipass list         
Name                    State             IPv4             Image
cleansing-willet        Running           192.168.64.2     Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

% multipass shell cleansing-willet
Welcome to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.15.0-56-generic x86_64)

 * Documentation:  https://help.ubuntu.com
 * Management:     https://landscape.canonical.com
 * Support:        https://ubuntu.com/advantage

  System information as of Mon Dec 12 00:10:36 IST 2022

  System load:  0.189453125       Processes:               103
  Usage of /:   30.4% of 4.67GB   Users logged in:         0
  Memory usage: 22%               IPv4 address for enp0s2: 192.168.64.2
  Swap usage:   0%

0 updates can be applied immediately.

The list of available updates is more than a week old.
To check for new updates run: sudo apt update

To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>".
See "man sudo_root" for details.

ubuntu@cleansing-willet:~$ sudo apt update
...

ubuntu@cleansing-willet:~$ sudo apt install ubuntu-desktop xrdp
...

ubuntu@cleansing-willet:~$ exit
logout

% multipass stop cleansing-willet

% multipass list
Name                    State             IPv4             Image
cleansing-willet        Stopped           --               Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
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