Step 1.) Install virt-manager

sudo apt install virt-manager

Step 2.) Start libvirtd

sudo systemctl start libvirtd

sudo systemctl enable libvirtd

Step 3.) Permissions

Your user needs access to libvirt and kvm or it won't work without running as sudo.

sudo usermod -a -G kvm yourusername


sudo usermond -a -G libvirt yourusername

Step 4.) Logout and Login

If you get errors relating to being unable to connect to QEMU or not active connection, it is probably a permissions issue. 

if you get errors with being unable to connect to libvirtd, it is probably not started.

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