[libvirt] help for libvirt0.9.8 compile

my redhat6.1 has a libvirt0.8.7, and I got a libvirt0.9.8.tar that I want to update the old one. when I use './configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc' it siad 'configure: error: You must install device-mapper-devel/libdevmapper >= 1.0.0 to compile libvirt' please tell me how to do if you know. thanks. best wishes! SunYongGang

On 12/28/2011 03:10 PM, hero wrote:
my redhat6.1 has a libvirt0.8.7, and I got a libvirt0.9.8.tar that I want to update the old one. when I use './configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64 --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc' it siad 'configure: error: You must install device-mapper-devel/libdevmapper >= 1.0.0 to compile libvirt' As error said, you need to install device-mapper-devel package. please tell me how to do if you know. thanks. best wishes! SunYongGang
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Hi Alex, I am stuck here too. Where you able to resolve the issue? I tried installing libdevmapper-devel it gave dependency error for libdevmapper and then that gave dependency error of libc.so.6.
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