Use the below command to check whether the KVM is installed in the machine or not,
kvm-ok
Output:
INFO: /dev/kvm exists
KVM acceleration can be used
Output like the below means,
INFO: Your CPU does not support KVM extensions
KVM acceleration can NOT be used
In this scenario need to install KVM using the below command,
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
Hope this helps.