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I'm trying to install KVM\qemu on Ubuntu 18.10.

According to this page I'm running the command:

apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils

and get an error about the packge "libvirt-bin" and "ubuntu-vm-builder":

E: Package 'libvirt-bin' has no installation candidate
E: Unable to locate package ubuntu-vm-builder

I see that the package "libvirt-bin" is available.

The main repository is set. Anything that I'm doing wrong? Couldn't find any info regrading this issue.

Is it the new Ubuntu version (18.10)?

Thanks

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You are correct: The libvirt-bin package was dropped in 18.10.

Quoting from https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/11/msg00518.html

The package was split into two parts:

libvirt-daemon-system

libvirt-clients

In most cases you probably want both of them at the same time.

So instead of libvirt-bin use libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients:

sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-daemon-system libvirt-clients bridge-utils
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  • The clarification is because this was used as a dupe (so upvoted) and the other user didn't understand...
    – Fabby
    Nov 8, 2018 at 10:53
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    I've updated the ubuntu wiki
    – Rwky
    Nov 19, 2018 at 16:50
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    Works on 20.04 too :)
    – Gayan
    Jul 19, 2020 at 9:54
  • Nice Thanks Good comment
    – user1373905
    Oct 14, 2021 at 18:48
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    22.04 still works
    – matreshkin
    Aug 4, 2023 at 7:51

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