Install QEMU 3.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS Remove all existing qemu packages ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ sudo apt-get purge "qemu*" ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ sudo apt autoremove Get build dependencies for qemu ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ sudo sed -i '/deb-src/s/^# //' /etc/apt/sources.list ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ sudo apt update ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ sudo apt build-dep qemu Build it ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ wget https://download.qemu.org/qemu-3.0.0.tar.xz ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ tar xf qemu-3.0.0.tar.xz && rm qemu-3.0.0.tar.xz ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ cd qemu-3.0.0 && ./configure && make -j$(nproc) Create appropriate symlinks ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ find . -name 'qemu*' -type f -executable ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ find . -name 'qemu-system-arm' -type f -executable ./arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm ubuntu@ip-172-31-18-86$ ln -s /home/ubuntu/source/mipsel_awsiot/qemu-3.0.0/arm-softmmu/qemu-system-arm ../venv/bin/qemu-system-arm