I need virt-viewer for KVM console access but haven't been able to get it to build. Has anyone else had luck with it?

I'd like to update the https://docs.salixos.org/wiki/How_to_install_a_different_kernel page to include kernel-generic instructions (which worked fine for me) as well as a vanilla kernel installation using latest source from kernel.org. I use Salix on an old Lenovo S10e with a single core Atom proces...