Linux KVM : Build virt-manager from source code

Here’s an explanation of how to build virt-manager from source code.

I have already installed kvm , libvirtd and virt-manager via apt-get.

# kvm --version QEMU emulator version 0.14.1 (qemu-kvm-0.14.1), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard # libvirtd --version libvirtd (libvirt) 0.9.2 # tail -1 /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Linux Mint 12 Lisa"

download the latest virt-manager (virt-manager-0.9.1.tar.gz) from http://virt-manager.org/download.html

build virt-manager

# tar xzvf virt-manager-0.9.1.tar.gz # cd virt-manager-0.9.1/ # ./configure --prefix=/home/hattori/virt-manager configure: Required virtinst:               0.600.1 configure: Default qemu user:               root configure: Install TUI:                     yes configure: Enable unsupported RHEL options: yes configure: Preferred distros:               none configure: Libvirt packages:                none configure: KVM packages:                    none configure: Default graphics:                vnc configure: configure: # make # make install

# /home/hattori/virt-manager/bin/virt-manager --version 0.9.1

start virt-manager 0.9.1

$ LANG=C /home/hattori/virt-manager/bin/virt-manager

nnn , error.

It seems that virtinst version is too old..

Error starting Virtual Machine Manager: virtinst version 0.600.0 is too old. virt-manager requires the python-virtinst library version 0.600.1 or greater. This can be downloaded at: http://virt-manager.org/download.html

Actually virtinsta I have installed via apt-get is 0.600.0

# LANG=C dpkg -l virtinst | tail -1 ii  virtinst                               0.600.0-1ubuntu1                             Programs to create and clone virtual machines

download virtinst 0.600.1 from http://virt-manager.org/download.html and build it.

build virtinst

# tar xzvf virtinst-0.600.1.tar.gz # cd virtinst-0.600.1/ # python setup.py install copying build/scripts-2.7/virt-clone -> /usr/local/bin copying build/scripts-2.7/virt-install -> /usr/local/bin copying build/scripts-2.7/virt-image -> /usr/local/bin copying build/scripts-2.7/virt-convert -> /usr/local/bin # virt-install --version 0.600.1 # which virt-install /usr/local/bin/virt-install

start virt-manager again.

$ LANG=C /home/hattori/virt-manager/bin/virt-manager &

OK , I can start virt-manager 0.9.1

I can fly a VM via virt-manager 0.9.1.

I also confirmed that I could fly a VM via a virt-manager 0.9.0 which I had installed via apt-get.