[SOLVED!] How to install KVM/QEMU in LMDE6

[SilverFox21]

I want to install KVM/QEMU virtualization on my LMDE6 distro. However, I am not sure how to do it. All I am finding is how to install it on a Ubuntu-based system.

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System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-17-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0 Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.8.4
    tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: LMDE 6 Faye base: Debian 12.1 bookworm
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1202 date: 10/22/2020
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard ERGO K860 serial: <filter>
    charge: 50% (should be ignored) status: N/A
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech ERGO M575 Trackball serial: <filter> charge: 100%
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ rev: 0 cache:
    L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2299 high: 3800 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled cores: 1: 2200 2: 2574
    3: 2200 4: 2200 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2116 10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2053 13: 3800
    14: 2051 15: 2200 16: 2200 bogomips: 121379
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700 XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-2
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,radeon,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 96
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-2 mapped: HDMI-A-1 model: INSIGNIA-TV res: 3840x2160 dpi: 122
    diag: 1079mm (42.5")
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (navi22 LLVM 15.0.6 DRM 3.49
    6.1.0-17-amd64) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.0-17-amd64 status: kernel-api
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet driver: bnx2 v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1639
  IF: enp4s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme II BCM5709 Gigabit Ethernet driver: bnx2 v: kernel pcie:
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 14e4:1639
  IF: enp4s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723
  IF: wlp6s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-4: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125
  IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 3.0 lmp-v: 5.2
    sub-v: 200f
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.09 TiB used: 841.7 GiB (20.1%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WDBRPG0010BNC-WRSN size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 45.9 C
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Western Digital model: WD BLACK SN850 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
    speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 43.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDBNCE0010PNC size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-22MFCA0 size: 931.51 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
  ID-5: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WDBNCE5000PNC size: 465.76 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    serial: <filter>
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 883.82 GiB used: 35.14 GiB (4.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: lvmlmde-root
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 285.4 MiB used: 5.8 MiB (2.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C mem: 40.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 6338 pm: dpkg pkgs: 3137 pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm pm: flatpak pkgs: 64
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com faye main upstream import backport
    2: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    3: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    4: deb http: //security.debian.org/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    5: deb https: //deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-backports main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
  No active dnf repos in: /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
Info:
  Processes: 381 Uptime: 42m Memory: 31.22 GiB used: 2.82 GiB (9.0%) Init: systemd v: 252
  target: graphical (5) default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 alt: 12 Client: Unknown
  python3.11 client inxi: 3.3.26 

[vicfabgar]

Hi,
I have installed qemu/kvm as follows:

sudo apt install qemu-kvm qemu-system libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager -y

- Add user permissions:

sudo adduser $USER kvm

sudo adduser $USER libvirt

- Reboot

[SilverFox21]

On the sudo apt install, I got these error messages:

E: Unable to locate package qemu-kvm-system
E: Unable to locate package libvert-clients

Am I missing a repository?
SF

[vicfabgar]

Sorry,
qemu-kvm is not in the repository, it,s enough with qemu-system, but you need to install libvirt-clients.

sudo apt install qemu-system libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils virt-manager -y

and SMV enable in your motherboard.

[bin]

Sadly the lack of virtiofs in Bookworm means that communicating between Guest and Host seems impossible unless you use a USB device and switching between guest and host.
Really annoying because Qemu/KVM is just so much faster than Virtualbox.

[SilverFox21]

Thanks to all. I was finally able to get everything installed. Sorry that it took so long to reply. My computer system was taken apart and moved into my new home office. It took a while for me to get everything set up again.