Step-by-step – KVM Ubuntu 19.04 Installation

March 30, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

KVM Ubuntu 19.04 - Installing

  1. 2. Pre-Installation Checks

    Then Check if KVM Can be Installed
    With:

    egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

    If in Output > 0 then your Processor support Hardware Virtualization!
    (But on a PC you may have still to enable it on BIOS…)
    Now again, first Install needed Tool with:

    sudo apt install cpu-checker

    And then Verify it:

    kvm-ok

    If it’s Good you will see:

    INFO: /dev/kvm exists
    KVM acceleration can be used
    

    Finally, if the answer is negative you can still use KVM but only in a Slow mode…

  2. 3. Installing KVM

    Now you are Ready to Install KVM on Ubuntu System

    sudo apt update
    sudo apt install qemu qemu-system qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils

    Following Ubuntu Documentation about KVM related Packages:

    • libvirt-bin provides libvirtd which you need to administer qemu and kvm instances using libvirt
    • qemu & qemu-kvm (kvm in Karmic and earlier) are the backend
    • ubuntu-vm-builder powerful command line tool for building virtual machines
    • bridge-utils provides a bridge from your network to the virtual machines

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