Re: [Libvir] Howto: install libvirt on Debian Etch (the ugly way)

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 09:55:20PM +0200, Roman Ammann wrote: > I read on the list that other people tried to install libvirt on Debian > Etch. I finally succeeded so I'll post a little Howto. Maybe someone > with a better understanding of automake and C stuff knows a nicer way > but the ugly folder with the links to the different header files. > > The start point is a Debian Etch with a running Xen (in my case it's the > xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae package). If you're not using the PAE > version of the xen-hypervisor change the "apt-get source" line > accordingly. > > First you will need to install a bunch of development packages > > apt-get install build-essential libxml2-dev libncurses5-dev > apt-get isntall libreadline5-dev python-dev > > Go to your home directory and install the Xen hypervisor sources > > cd > apt-get source xen-hypervisor-3.0.3-1-i386-pae > > Create a folder with a bunch of symbolic links. We will use this folder > libvirt to find the header files. > > mkdir libvirt-include > cd libvirt-include/ > ln -s /root/xen-3.0-3.0.3-0/xen/include/public/xen.h > ln -s /root/xen-3.0-3.0.3-0/tools/xenstore/xs.h > ln -s /root/xen-3.0-3.0.3-0/tools/xenstore/xs_lib.h > ln -s /root/xen-3.0-3.0.3-0/xen/include/public xen > ln -s /root/xen-3.0-3.0.3-0/linux-2.6-xen-sparse/include/xen/public/ xen/linux > > Configure the dynamic linker that it will be able to find the libxenstore library > > echo '/usr/lib/xen-3.0.3-1/lib' > /etc/ld.so.conf.d/i486-linux-gnu.conf > ldconfig Hum, this really is the installation of Xen, hopefully you should be able to download prepackaged version, including the development part to avoid this, but I have no experience with Debian myself.