How to install virt-manager on Ubuntu-based Linux distros

Ahmed Elsayed included in category Linux tutorials

2021-08-15 2021-08-15 145 words One minute views comments

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What is virt-manager

The virt-manager application is a desktop user interface for managing virtual machines through libvirt.

1- Type this command in the terminal:

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sudo apt install qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system bridge-utils libguestfs-tools genisoimage virtinst libosinfo-bin virt-manager

2- Use these commands to add the current user to KVM groups:

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sudo adduser $USER libvirt
sudo adduser $USER libvirt-qemu

3- Open the application from the application menu or the application launcher.

Note

If you get this error:

From File menu choose Add Connection

Then choose QEMU/KVM user session, and press Connect

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