elementary-so-far

# out of the box
sudo su
egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo # > 0
egrep -c ' lm ' /proc/cpuinfo # > 0
uname -m

#use local sources
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
# ctrl + \, Replace "us.archive.ubuntu.com" with "mirrors.cat.pdx.edu"

# this will take a while:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade #(this takes a damn half hour)

# final check to see if kvm extensions are enabled in bios
sudo apt-get install cpu-checker
kvm-ok

# libvirt/qemu:
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils

#groups....you may already be here, depending on your installation
sudo adduser `id -un` libvirtd
sudo adduser `id -un` kvm

# logout and log back in... of the computer otherwise it won't work

# check that you're cool and have access... should *not* err
virsh -c qemu:///system list

# if you prefer firefox (and I do...)
sudo apt-get purge midori-granite
sudo apt-get install firefox
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get autoclean

# why wait? continue
https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/1.8.5/vagrant_1.8.5_x86_64.deb
# do NOT install from Ruby, do NOT install the rpm version...see vagrant
# docs if you don't believe me

#then...
sudo apt-get install libxslt-dev libxml2-dev libvirt-dev zlib1g-dev ruby-dev
vagrant plugin install vagrant-libvirt

#then...
mkdir Code/kvm-test
cd Code/kvm-test

#then...
vagrant init centos/7
vagrant up --provider libvirt