[virt-tools-list] Installing libvirt and/or virt-install on Oracle VM Server 3?

[Eric]

>________________________________
> From: Christophe Fergeau <cfergeau at redhat.com>
>To: Eric <epretorious at yahoo.com> 
>Cc: virt-tools-list <virt-tools-list at redhat.com> 
>Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 4:16 AM
>Subject: Re: [virt-tools-list] Installing libvirt and/or virt-install on Oracle VM Server 3?
> 
>Hey,
>
>On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 10:23:10PM -0800, Eric wrote:
>> Has anybody on the list successfully installed libvirt and/or virt-install on Oracle VM Server 3?
>> 
>> I've attempted to install libvirt & virtinstall from source...
>> 
>> [root at xen3 virtinst-0.600.3]# cd /usr/local/src/virtinst-0.600.3
>>  
>> [root at xen3 virtinst-0.600.3]# python setup.py install
>> running install
>> running build
>> Version              : 0.600.3
>> RHEL6 defaults       : False
>> Formatting ru.po to build/mo/ru/LC_MESSAGES/virtinst.mo
>> sh: msgfmt: command not found
>
>You are missing msgfmt which comes with gettext
>Unfortunately, gettext is absent from the OVS public repository (http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleVM/OVM3/latest/x86_64/).


> ...but been confounded by the  lack of gcc in the Oracle VM Server repo .
>> 
>> [root at xen3 libvirt-1.0.2]# yum search gcc
>> ======================= Matched: gcc =======================
>> libgcc.x86_64 : GCC version 4.1 shared support library
>> libstdc++.x86_64 : GNU Standard C++ Library
>> libtermcap.x86_64 : A basic system library for accessing the termcap database.
>> python-zope-interface.x86_64 : Zope interfaces package 
>> Ideas? Suggestions?
>
>You are (at least) missing 'gcc'. I'd recommend playing with yum-builddep
>to get all the needed dependencies, or trying to rebuild an existing
>.src.rpm using mock.
>
Unfortunately, gcc is also absent from the OVS public repository (http://public-yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleVM/OVM3/latest/x86_64/).

Have you got any other suggestions (besides to give up on extending Oracle VM Server 3)?

Eric Pretorious
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