[Libguestfs] Libguestfs & ubuntu 11.10 problems

[KoDer]

Hi, Richard.

Sure, ubuntu 11.10 is a quite new so treat this a beta-tester report :)

I already have libvirt-dev, libpcre3-dev and libhivex-dev

koder at koder-laptop:~/tmp/libguestfs-1.13.21$ dpkg -l | grep libvirt
ii  libvirt-bin                            0.9.2-4ubuntu15
                the programs for the libvirt library
ii  libvirt-dev                            0.9.2-4ubuntu15
                development files for the libvirt library
ii  libvirt0                               0.9.2-4ubuntu15
                library for interfacing with different virtualization
systems
ii  libvirtodbc0                           6.1.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1
                high-performance database - ODBC libraries
ii  python-libvirt                         0.9.2-4ubuntu15
                libvirt Python bindings


koder at koder-laptop:~/tmp/libguestfs-1.13.21$ dpkg -l | grep libpcre
ii  libpcre3                               8.12-3ubuntu2
                Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime
files
ii  libpcre3:i386                          8.12-3ubuntu2
                Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - runtime
files
ii  libpcre3-dev                           8.12-3ubuntu2
                Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library -
development files
ii  libpcrecpp0                            8.12-3ubuntu2
                Perl 5 Compatible Regular Expression Library - C++
runtime files


koder at koder-laptop:~/tmp/libguestfs-1.13.21$ dpkg -l | grep libhive
ii  libhivex-dev                           1.2.7-1build1
                library for reading and writing Windows Registry hives
ii  libhivex0                              1.2.7-1build1
                library for reading and writing Windows Registry hives

Thanks

2011/10/15 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones at redhat.com>:
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 04:06:15PM +0300, KoDer wrote:
>> HI, All.
>>
>> I face problems when try to use libguestfs in new ubuntu 11.10.
>
> Hi:
>
> I'll just say I haven't yet had time to play with 11.10 (hey, it only
> came out a few days ago, ok!)
>
>> 1) My current version of libguest (1.12.0, binaries taken from
>> libguestfs site) can't boot vm with new kernel.
>
> This isn't really surprising.  Because of the supermin appliance, the
> binaries only work on the precise distro they are compiled for.  The
> libguestfs-test-tool output seems to confirm this.
>
>> 2) I can't compile libguestfs from sources:
>>     make libguestfs-1.12.7 leads to:
>> .........
>> CC     libguestfs_la-virt.lo
>> In file included from virt.c:38:0:
>> guestfs.h:1737:51: error: unknown type name 'virDomainPtr'
>
> This is a proper bug though.  You should not need 'libvirt-dev' to
> compile libguestfs.  You can try installing 'libvirt-dev' as a
> workaround, but really we should fix this.
>
> [...]
>> ../src/.libs/libguestfs.so: undefined reference to
>> `guestfs___case_sensitive_path_silently'
>> ../src/.libs/libguestfs.so: undefined reference to `guestfs___search_for_root'
>> ../src/.libs/libguestfs.so: undefined reference to `guestfs___download_to_tmp'
>
> ... and possibly 'libhivex-dev' and 'libpcre-dev' too.
>
> Rich.
>
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