Ubuntu KVM Installation

 On Ubuntu 20.04

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Steps

# check if cpu virtualizable, if you machine report a number greater than 0, then you can use kvm
$ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo

# check if VT is enabled, you can go to bios to enable it
$ sudo apt-get install cpu-checker
$ kvm-ok

# install things you needed
$ sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils virt-manager

# check if the daemon is running
$ sudo systemctl is-active libvirtd

# check for user group
$ id <userName>

# add user to group
$ sudo adduser <userName> libvirt
$ sudo adduser <userName> kvm

# copy and paste, mouse lag setup
# install spice-space on client OS
https://www.spice-space.org/download.html

 Use

$ sudo virt-manager

 On Ubuntu 18.04

• Install KVM instead of VMWare, Learn From

Steps

# check if virtualization support, 0 is not support
$ egrep -c ‘(svm|vmx)’ /proc/cpuinfo
$ sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin bridge-utils virt-manager
$ sudo addgroup libvirtd
$ sudo adduser YourUserName libvirtd

# log out and log in
$ virsh -c qemu:///system list
# If you see an empty list, then it works

Install guest OS

• Then follow the steps on the GUI

Reference

https://getlabsdone.com/install-windows-10-on-ubuntu-kvm/

https://getlabsdone.com/how-to-install-windows-11-on-kvm/