[Libguestfs] Libguestfs on Debian Squeeze

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 03:22:32PM +0200, Michael Beham wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have following system:
>      --> Debian Squeeze with self compiled qemu-kvm 1.1.2, libvirt
> 0.10.1 and Kernel 3.2.0 .
> 
> Now, I want to install libguestfs, without modifying the qemu-kvm
> nor the libvirt version! I know that there is a mirror available on
> 
>  http://people.debian.org/~bengen/libguestfs  <http://people.debian.org/%7Ebengen/libguestfs>
> 
> , but this would not work without modifying the qemu- version and
> some other packages!
> 
> Anyone an idea how the Installation for libguestfs on Debian should be done?

I would suggest building from source and running the programs
from the local directory (using the ./run script).  Read the README
file in the source first.

Rich.

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