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

On Wed, Jul 04, 2007 at 04:45:26PM -0400, Daniel Veillard wrote: > 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. This is because the xen-devel equivalent on Debian was not including the header files for Xen. I believe this problem is in the process of being fixed, so this work around won't be neccessary in future. Dan. -- |=- Red Hat, Engineering, Emerging Technologies, Boston. +1 978 392 2496 -=| |=- Perl modules: http://search.cpan.org/~danberr/ -=| |=- Projects: http://freshmeat.net/~danielpb/ -=| |=- GnuPG: 7D3B9505 F3C9 553F A1DA 4AC2 5648 23C1 B3DF F742 7D3B 9505 -=| -- Libvir-list mailing list Libvir-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list