Libguestfs - Oct 2013 - Notes on compiling libguestfs 1.24 on RHEL 6.4

(Actually, libguestfs from git, but 1.24 and git are pretty close now)

First install augeas 1.0.0 from here:
http://oirase.annexia.org/tmp/libguestfs-RHEL-6.5/

Check out libguestfs from git.

You'll need to create two files in the libguestfs source directory:

"localconfigure" containing:

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source localenv

# qemu is too old (< 1.0) so the qemu test will fail.
export vmchannel_test=no

./autogen.sh \
  --prefix /usr \
  --disable-ruby \
  -C \
  "$@"
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"localenv" containing:

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export SUPERMIN=/usr/bin/febootstrap3
export SKIP_TEST_LAUNCH_RACE_PL=1
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Then run:

chmod +x localconfigure
./localconfigure && make clean
make -j4 && make quickcheck

Note to run virt-builder you will have to create a $HOME/.cache
directory (RHBZ#1022431) since this directory is missing on RHEL 6.

Rich.

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On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 10:35:45AM +0100, Richard W.M. Jones
wrote:
> First install augeas 1.0.0 from here:
> http://oirase.annexia.org/tmp/libguestfs-RHEL-6.5/
I think you need to install febootstrap from here too.

Those are previews of packages that will be in RHEL 6.5.

Rich.

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