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Installing KVM on Ubuntu 25

1 sudo apt update
2 egrep -c ‘(vmx|svm)’ /proc/cpuinfo
3 sudo apt install cpu-checker
4 sudo apt install -y qemu-kvm virt-manager libvirt-daemon-system virtinst libvirt-clients bridge-utils
5 sudo systemctl enable –now libvirtd
6 sudo systemctl start libvirtd
7 sudo systemctl status libvirtd   <== (Ctrl C to exit once verified)
8 sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER
9 sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
10 reboot

Now, Go to bottom left-hand corner and select Apps

Select Virtual Machine

File > New Virtual Machine

Local install media (ISOimage or CDROM) – path to ISO (Forward)

Forward

I gave mine 12512 but recommend 16512 Mib of RAM and 2 CPUs.

If you have 1Terra, give VM 500Gib of storage.

Forward

You have installed OS image!