where can i find qemu-kvm 4.2.0 for ubuntu 18.04

Question

I'm using 18.04 ubuntu, but the qemu-kvm installed is very old (2.1) Is there a ppa with the last version 4.2.0?

Answer 1

Qemu-kvm can be found on the download page on their website. They provide instructions for a tar ball download:

cd ~/Downloads/
wget https://download.qemu.org/qemu-4.2.0.tar.xz
tar xvJf qemu-4.2.0.tar.xz
cd qemu-4.2.0
./configure
make

There is no PPA for 4.2. According to pkgs.org there is

• 4.0 for Ubuntu 19.10
• 3.1 for 19.04

Upgrade to 19.10 if you want the latest version using Ubuntu's installation method. Or get used to installing from source. 2.1 IS the one made for 18.04.

Answer 2

https://software.opensuse.org/package/qemu

There is a community build for Ubuntu 18.04 and other distributions