Re: [libvirt-users] building libvirt-0.8.3 for windows ( with dlls )
2010/8/12 Gal Gafni <gal(a)csl-int.com>:
Hi,
I'm trying to compile the latest libvirt (0.8.3 ) on windows and the
configure fails to find XDR lib.
Even without your XDR problem libvirt 0.8.3 won't compile successfully
on Windows, you'll at least need this additional patch:
http://libvirt.org/git/?p=libvirt.git;a=commit;h=177e17e4626e18c1ce80f852...
So you either apply this patch manually on top of the libvirt 0.8.3
tarball (this will require autotools available, because the patch
touches configure.ac), or you build from the hourly git snapshot:
http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-git-snapshot.tar.gz
I installed the xdr-4.0-mingw2 and configure complains the XDR
library
doesn't exist.
Should I get another XDR lib?
I'm not sure where you got xdr-4.0-mingw2 from. I use the portablexdr lib
http://people.redhat.com/~rjones/portablexdr/files/portablexdr-4.9.1.tar.gz
The command I run:
$ ./configure --with-esx --without-sasl --without-avahi
--without-polkit
--without-python --without-xen --without-qemu --without-lxc
--without-o
penvz --without-libvirtd
You also might need to run configure with additional envvars set in
order to have it pick up the libs correctly
CFLAGS=-I/include LDFLAGS=-L/lib ./configure
Because MSYS (I assume you use MSYS) uses /include and /lib instead of
/usr/include and /usr/lib.
the last 10 lines of configure:
checking for mntent.h... no
checking net/ethernet.h usability... no
checking net/ethernet.h presence... no
checking for net/ethernet.h... no
checking linux/magic.h usability... no
checking linux/magic.h presence... no
checking for linux/magic.h... no
checking for xdrmem_create in -lportablexdr... no
checking for library containing xdrmem_create... no
configure: error: Cannot find a XDR library
is there a a guide somewhere in the list for compiling the windows
version on mingw?
Non I'm aware of.
A while ago I created a bunch of scripts that setup an MSYS/MinGW
environment on Windows, download and/or compile all dependencies and
finally compile libvirt.
You can find this scripts on github:
http://github.com/photron/msys_setup
Currently the scripts build libvirt 0.8.1, they are a bit outdated by
now. I'll probably update them soon.
Matthias