Here, click on the Browse button it will open a new prompt, and there, click on the browse local. Next, you will be asked to add the ISO file. Next, click on the File menu and choose the New Virtual Machine option: Click File -> New Virtual Machineįrom here, choose the first option Local install media which will allow you to choose the ISO from your file manager: Select Local Install Media Please download the ISO file of the Linux distro you want to install in Qemu VM.įirst, open the Virtual Machine Manager from the system menu: Installing another Linux virtually with Qemu

That's it! The installation of Qemu is done. Next, enable and start the libvirt service: sudo systemctl enable rvice & sudo systemctl start rvice To do so, use the following commands one by one: sudo useradd -g $USER libvirt sudo useradd -g $USER libvirt-kvm To make Qemu work, you'd have to add your user to two groups: libvirt-kvm and libvirt. Reboot your system once the installation is over. Once you are all set, you can install Qemu and KVM on Ubuntu using the following command: sudo apt install qemu qemu-kvm virt-manager bridge-utils If you have an intel processor, it should bring the following output:Īnd if you have an AMD processor, it should get you the following output: Virtualization: AMD-VĪlso, make sure your system has multiple cores so that you can allocate some to your VM and still have enough to power the host machine.Īnd if you're not sure, use the following command and the output should be more than zero: egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo To do so, use the following command: LC_ALL=C lscpu | grep Virtualization Before jumping to the installation, let's check whether your machine supports the virtualization or not.

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