Apple Silicon - Ubuntu Mate 22.10 arm64 + amd64 - Rosetta

Apple Silicon - Ubuntu Mate 22.10 arm64 + amd64 - Rosetta.md

Run Ubuntu Mate 22.10 on Apple Silicon (arm64 + amd64) with Rosetta via UTM

1. Download, boot and install Ubuntu Server for arm64 with UTM
2. To install the Ubuntu Mate desktop and reboot after, run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ubuntu-mate-desktop -y
sudo reboot

3. From the desktop (or via SSH) open the terminal and run:

sudo apt install binfmt-support spice-vdagent -y
sudo mkdir /media/rosetta
sudo mount -t virtiofs rosetta /media/rosetta
sudo /usr/sbin/update-binfmts --install rosetta /media/rosetta/rosetta \
     --magic "\x7fELF\x02\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x3e\x00" \
     --mask "\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xfe\x00\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xff\xfe\xff\xff\xff" \
     --credentials yes --preserve no --fix-binary yes

4. Add the line below to /etc/fstab

rosetta	/media/rosetta	virtiofs	ro,nofail	0	0

5. Run sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt update and paste:

# arm64
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com kinetic main multiverse restricted universe
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com kinetic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com kinetic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb [arch=arm64] http://ports.ubuntu.com kinetic-security main restricted universe multiverse

# amd64
deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic main restricted universe multiverse
deb [arch=amd64] http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb [arch=amd64] http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu kinetic-security main restricted universe multiverse

6. Reboot one more time