How to install "qemu-img" and use it to convert a "qcow2" image to a Virtual Box one?

Solution 1:

The package you want is qemu-utils:

% apt-file search qemu-img
qemu-utils: /usr/bin/qemu-img
qemu-utils: /usr/share/man/man1/qemu-img.1.gz

So install qemu-utils:

sudo apt-get install qemu-utils

To convert a QCOW2 image to a VirtualBox VDI image:

qemu-img convert -O vdi test.qcow2 test.vdi

Or to convert to a VMDK image:

qemu-img convert -O vmdk test.qcow2 test.vmdk

Or to convert to a VHD image:

qemu-img convert -O vpc test.qcow2 test.vhd