Virt-Manager will have been installed in base install. But to enable it (make sure SVM, or whatever virtualization is called in your BIOS is enabled).
From https://computingforgeeks.com/install-kvm-qemu-virt-manager-arch-manjar/
sudo pacman -S qemu-full virt-manager virt-viewer dnsmasq vde2 bridge-utils openbsd-netcat dmidecode iptables libguestfs edk2-ovmf swtpm
Then enable and start libritd.service
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service
sudo systemctl start libvirtd.service
sudo micro /etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf
Set the UNIX domain socket group ownership to libvirt, (around line 85)
unix_sock_group = "libvirt"
Set the UNIX socket permissions for the R/W socket (around line 102)
unix_sock_rw_perms = "0770"
Add your user account to libvirt group.
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt $(whoami)
newgrp libvirt
Restart libvirt daemon.
sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service
Section below is quoted directly from https://linustechtips.com/topic/1379063-windows-11-in-virt-manager/
Prerequisites:
Before starting, you need the following:
- Windows 11 .iso from Microsoft [link]
- OVMF - you need this for UEFI/secureboot. I used edk2-ovmf from the arch official repos.
- SWTPM - you need this for TPM emulation. Again, i used swtpm from the arch repos.
- qemu & virt-manager - if you don't already have these installed, they'll be in your distro's repo, more than likely.
- virtio - once you have your VM set up, mount the latest image from here to install virtio drivers for things like networking [link]
Getting started:
In Virtual Machine Manager, create a new VM from the top-left corner.
For step 1, choose local install media.
For step 2, pick your Windows 11 iso. if it's not in the drop-down, choose it by clicking "Browse... > Browse local". It'll auto-detect the OS as Windows 10, this is fine.
For step 3, set your memory and CPU cores. the default (4gb & 2 cores) are the minimum for W11, so I set my RAM to 8gb, but you can always change these values later.
For step 4, make a virtual disk image. The minimum drive size for Windows 11 is 64gb, so it needs to be at least that big.
For step 5, choose your VM name, and then tick off Customize configuration before install.
Final setup:
Just use Q35 chip and leave at UEFI (no need to select another sub-module).
In boot options, tick off your virtual CD-ROM drive, and then set that as the highest boot priority:
-> 
Change video to Virtio
Finally, add a virtual TPM module. the defaults (CRB, Emulated, 2.0) should be fine.
You shouldn't have to manually start the virtual network service, but if you do it's sudo virsh net-autostart default
if no internet:
sudo systemctl start iptables.servicesudo systemctl enable iptables.service
sudo nano /etc/libvirt/network.conf
write the following:
firewall_backend = "iptables"
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