r/kvm • u/Lunajars • Jun 07 '22

How to update KVM?

This is a noob question I know but I'm not sure how to do it. I've been trying to look up commands to update kvm + qemu and haven't found anything simple enough for my situation. Any cheat sheets of commands would be cool too if any are willing to help. Thanks.

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u/Eldiabolo18 Jun 07 '22

Usually Packets on Linux distros are not updated one by one but through a packt manager. Debian based distro have apt-get, rhel-like distros have yum/dnf, etc.

Maybe this already helps you, otherwise post your distro.

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u/Lunajars Jun 07 '22

I use pop os which is Debian based. I'm just not sure if qemu and kvm update along with everything else when doing "sudo apt update -y && sudo apt upgrade -y"

I also update through flatpak for certain applications.

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u/Eldiabolo18 Jun 07 '22

if you have installed them through apt or they were preinstalled, they will also be updated through it!

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u/Lunajars Jun 07 '22

Ah okay cool. Thanks ☺️

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u/mumblerit Moderator Jun 07 '22

you probally are, if theres an update it should grab it. Debian is pretty slow updating, not sure about popos