How to install KVM on Linux Mint 19.x

准备工作

• 检查硬件是否支持

lwk@qwfys:~$ egrep -c 'svm|vmx' /proc/cpuinfo
12
lwk@qwfys:~$ 

• 检查虚拟化有没有启用

lwk@qwfys:~$ sudo kvm-ok
[sudo] password for lwk:       
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used
lwk@qwfys:~$ 

安装

lwk@qwfys:~$ apt install -y qemu-kvm libvirt-bin bridge-utils virt-manager gir1.2-spiceclientgtk-3.0 libspice-client-gtk-3.0-dev

启动

sudo systemctl status libvirtd.service 
sudo systemctl restart libvirtd.service 
sudo systemctl enable libvirtd.service 

配置

sudo usermod -aG libvirt lwk

• 检验是否安装成功

virsh -c qemu:///system list

牛刀小试

启动Virtual Machine Manager程序，选择create a new virtual machine manage

参考文献

• https://vitux.com/how-to-install-kvm-to-create-and-manage-virtual-machines-in-ubuntu/
• https://www.linuxtechi.com/install-configure-kvm-ubuntu-18-04-server/
• https://linuxhint.com/install_kvm_ubuntu/
• https://linuxconfig.org/install-and-set-up-kvm-on-ubuntu-18-04-bionic-beaver-linux
• http://www.ubuntuboss.com/ubuntu-server-18-04-as-a-hypervisor-using-kvm-and-kimchi-for-vm-management/
• https://www.coolgeeks101.com/howto/infrastructure/installing-virtual-machine-manager/