Trying to install a Virtual Machine, the virt-manager gives an error about "no hypervisor options..."

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Issue

  • When trying to install a new virtual machine on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, virt-manager reports this error:

    "Error: No hypervisor options were found for this connection"
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

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