Re: apt libvirt package

Hi Brad, For Ubuntu add the Linbit PPA.  From this page: https://linbit.com/drbd-user-guide/drbd-guide-9_0-en/#s-from-source 3.3.3. Ubuntu Linux For Ubuntu LTS, LINBIT offers a PPA repository athttps://launchpad.net/~linbit/+archive/ubuntu/linbit-drbd9-stack <https://launchpad.net/~linbit/+archive/ubuntu/linbit-drbd9-stack>;. SeeAdding Launchpad PPA Repositories <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/CommandLine#Adding_Launchp... more information 20.04 LTS then has DRBD9 from apt. * Paul O'Rorke* On 2021-10-25 9:49 a.m., admin(a)foundryserver.com wrote: > I would prefer the ubuntu packages. I am most familiar with that > distro.  I can make centos8 work if I have to but I prefer not. > > Thanks > > Brad > > *From:*Peter Crowther <peter.crowther(a)melandra.com&gt; > *Sent:* October 24, 2021 2:38 PM > *To:* admin(a)foundryserver.com > *Cc:* libvirt-ML <libvirt-users(a)redhat.com&gt; > *Subject:* Re: apt libvirt package > > Do you want this on CentOS 8, Ubuntu 20.04, or something else?  The > help we can give you will vary quite considerably depending on the > distro you use; and, as you point out, RedHat-derived and > Debian-derived distributions are very different. > > For CentOS, do you have the advanced virtualization repo enabled? > https://centos.pkgs.org/8-stream/centos-extras-x86_64/centos-release-adva... > > Cheers, > > Peter > > On Sun, 24 Oct 2021 at 20:31, <admin(a)foundryserver.com&gt; wrote: > > Hello again, > > So I have been struggling to compile the libvirt newest version  > 7.8.0.  I am running CentOS 8 and during the meson build process > I am getting non stop dependency fails.  I keep installing the > necessary packages and slowly progressing.  Now the last one that > stopped was gnutls.  When I go to install that package   via  yum > install gnutls -y it says that it is already complete and > installed.   Sigh……. > > I am very surprised that there is no package for libvirt via > rpm,yum etc… the lastest one installed via yum was 6.0.0. > > Can someone help by pointing to some where that has these latest > packages?  Or how best to compile this from source.  It is > amazing how much is missing from this distro. > > Thanks again. > > Brad > > *From:*admin@foundryserver.com <admin(a)foundryserver.com&gt; > *Sent:* October 23, 2021 12:54 PM > *To:* &#39;libvirt-users(a)redhat.com&#39; <libvirt-users(a)redhat.com&gt; > *Subject:* apt libvirt package > > Hello, > > I am new to kvm/qemu/libvirt.  I am loving it.  I am working on > setting my first vm with shared file system with virtio-fs.  I > got an error, and google foo said, my version was too old.  When > I checked it said. > > libvirt version: 6.0.0, package: 0ubuntu8.14 (Matthew Ruffell > matthew.ruffell(a)canonical.com Tue, 14 Sep 2021 14:00:49 +1200) > > I used apt package manager to install libvirt. I am running on > ubuntu 20.04.  I have tried apt update libvirt and I get..no > updates available.  What do I do at this point?  Do I have to > build it from source? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Brad >