[libvirt] libvirt qemu-kvm installation into custom directories

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 03:08:38PM +0530, Onkar N Mahajan wrote:
> I am configuring upstream libvirt, qemu-kvm for development 
> purpose in non-default directories. I want my upstream libvirt 
> installation to use upstream qemu-kvm (and not the qemu-kvm supplied 
> by the distro). How can I make libvirt to use this qemu-kvm 
> for guest installations ? The Host contains other libvirt/qemu-kvm 
> supplied by-default by the distro which I am not running but which
> I *do not* want to disturb. Please give me some pointers as to to do
> this.

If you want libvirt to automatically use your custom QEMU, then all
you need todo is make sure the custom install location is included
in $PATH, when starting libvirtd.


Daniel
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