Verified on Zesty, here the console log as reference: # apt update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/multiverse Sources [184 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main Sources [912 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe Sources [8459 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/restricted Sources [5064 B] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe amd64 Packages [8068 kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/universe Translation-en [4671 kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/multiverse amd64 Packages [154 kB] Get:12 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/multiverse Translation-en [109 kB] Fetched 466 kB in 7s (62.2 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done All packages are up to date. root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# apt install qemu-system-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libboost-iostreams1.62.0 libboost-random1.62.0 libboost-system1.62.0 libboost-thread1.62.0 libiscsi7 libnspr4 libnss3 librados2 librbd1 qemu-block-extra The following NEW packages will be installed: libboost-iostreams1.62.0 libboost-random1.62.0 libboost-system1.62.0 libboost-thread1.62.0 libiscsi7 libnspr4 libnss3 librados2 librbd1 qemu-block-extra qemu-system-common 0 upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 5771 kB of archives. After this operation, 20.0 MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libiscsi7 amd64 1.17.0-1 [55.6 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libboost-iostreams1.62.0 amd64 1.62.0+dfsg-4 [27.5 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libboost-system1.62.0 amd64 1.62.0+dfsg-4 [9398 B] Get:4 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libboost-random1.62.0 amd64 1.62.0+dfsg-4 [11.1 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty/main amd64 libboost-thread1.62.0 amd64 1.62.0+dfsg-4 [46.9 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 libnspr4 amd64 2:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 [112 kB] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 libnss3 amd64 2:3.28.4-0ubuntu0.17.04.3 [1143 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 librados2 amd64 10.2.7-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 [1666 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 librbd1 amd64 10.2.7-0ubuntu0.17.04.1 [2212 kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 qemu-block-extra amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5 [39.0 kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates/main amd64 qemu-system-common amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5 [449 kB] Fetched 5771 kB in 2s (2531 kB/s) Selecting previously unselected package libiscsi7:amd64. (Reading database ... 26647 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../00-libiscsi7_1.17.0-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libiscsi7:amd64 (1.17.0-1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libboost-iostreams1.62.0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../01-libboost-iostreams1.62.0_1.62.0+dfsg-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libboost-iostreams1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libboost-system1.62.0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../02-libboost-system1.62.0_1.62.0+dfsg-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libboost-system1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libboost-random1.62.0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../03-libboost-random1.62.0_1.62.0+dfsg-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libboost-random1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... Selecting previously unselected package libboost-thread1.62.0:amd64. Preparing to unpack .../04-libboost-thread1.62.0_1.62.0+dfsg-4_amd64.deb ... Unpacking libboost-thread1.62.0:amd64 (1.62.0+dfsg-4) ... 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Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2.2) ... root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# systemctl status qemu-kvm ● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: inactive (dead) root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# vim /etc/apt/sources.list root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# apt update Hit:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:3 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease [89.2 kB] Get:5 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed InRelease [240 kB] Get:6 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe Sources [9924 B] Get:7 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main Sources [15.6 kB] Get:8 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 Packages [27.7 kB] Get:9 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main Translation-en [14.9 kB] Get:10 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe amd64 Packages [19.1 kB] Get:11 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/universe Translation-en [12.7 kB] Fetched 608 kB in 1s (433 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 26 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them. root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# apt install qemu-system-common Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following additional packages will be installed: qemu-block-extra The following packages will be upgraded: qemu-block-extra qemu-system-common 2 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 24 not upgraded. Need to get 489 kB of archives. After this operation, 2048 B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y Get:1 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 qemu-system-common amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [451 kB] Get:2 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-proposed/main amd64 qemu-block-extra amd64 1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6 [38.6 kB] Fetched 489 kB in 0s (1712 kB/s) (Reading database ... 26815 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../qemu-system-common_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-system-common (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Preparing to unpack .../qemu-block-extra_1%3a2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6_amd64.deb ... Unpacking qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) over (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.5) ... Setting up qemu-block-extra:amd64 (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ... Setting up qemu-system-common (1:2.8+dfsg-3ubuntu2.6) ... Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/qemu-kvm.service → /lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service. root@zesty-test-qemukvm:~# systemctl status qemu-kvm ● qemu-kvm.service - QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/qemu-kvm.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (exited) since Tue 2017-10-17 12:50:00 UTC; 8s ago Process: 2082 ExecStart=/usr/share/qemu/init/qemu-kvm-init start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) Main PID: 2082 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS) CPU: 5ms Oct 17 12:50:00 zesty-test-qemukvm systemd[1]: Starting QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages... Oct 17 12:50:00 zesty-test-qemukvm systemd[1]: Started QEMU KVM preparation - module, ksm, hugepages.