Ubuntu 18.10: Install KVM for virtualization

This article will describe installing KVM.

1 Install qemu-kvm

Install qemu-kvm package and some packages for virtual machine operation.

$ sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm virt-manager libguestfs-tools

2 libvirt group

The user in libvirt group can run virt-manager and virsh without sudo.

$ sudo gpasswd libvirt -a <username>
$ sudo reboot