Therefore, install the cpu-checker package as follows. In addition, you can verify if KVM virtualization is enabled by running the following command: $ kvm-okįor this to work, you need to have installed the cpu-checker package, otherwise, you will bump into the error ‘Command ‘kvm-ok’ not found’.ĭirectly below, you will get instructions on how to resolve this issue, and that is to install the cpu-checker package.

If Virtualization is not enabled, be sure to enable the virtualization feature in your system’s BIOS settings. $ egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfoįrom the above output, you can deduce that virtualization is enabled since the result printed is greater than 0. Otherwise, virtualization is disabled and you need to enable it. if the output is greater than 0, then virtualization is enabled. This is achieved by running the following command. For this to be possible, your system needs to either have a VT-x( vmx ) Intel processor or an AMD-V (svm) processor. $ sudo apt update 2) Check if Virtualization is enabledīefore you proceed any further, you need to check if your CPU supports KVM virtualization. To get off the ground, launch the terminal and update your local package index as follows.

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