chora@RMTITD025:/$ minikube start --driver=kvm2 πŸ˜„ minikube v1.16.0 on Ubu . . .

Charan:
chora@RMTITD025:/$ minikube start --driver=kvm2
:smile: minikube v1.16.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
:sparkles: Using the kvm2 driver based on user configuration

:bomb: Exiting due to PROVIDER_KVM2_ERROR: /usr/bin/virsh domcapabilities --virttype kvm failed:
error: failed to connect to the hypervisor
error: Failed to connect socket to β€˜/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock’: No such file or directory
:bulb: Suggestion: Follow your Linux distribution instructions for configuring KVM
:blue_book: Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/kvm2/

Tej_Singh_Rana:
> chora@RMTITD025:/$ minikube start --driver=kvm2
Where did you run this command?

Charan:
this is on my UBunto system on Windows machine

Amir SBOUI:
If you are running Windows host, your driver can’t be kvm. you may use --driver=virtualbox if your Ubuntu VM is running on virtualbox