<html> <body> <h1>Deployment</h1> <ul id="toc"></ul> <h2><a name="packages">Pre-packaged releases</a></h2> <p> The libvirt API is now available in all major Linux distributions, so the simplest deployment approach is to use your distributions' package management software to install the <code>libvirt</code> module. </p> <h2><a name="tarball">Self-built releases</a></h2> <p> libvirt uses GNU autotools for its build system, so deployment follows the usual process of <code>configure; make ; make install</code> </p> <pre> # ./configure --prefix=$HOME/usr # make # make install </pre> <h2><a name="git">Built from GIT</a></h2> <p> When building from GIT it is necessary to generate the autotools support files. This requires having <code>autoconf</code>, <code>automake</code>, <code>libtool</code> and <code>intltool</code> installed. The process can be automated with the <code>autogen.sh</code> script. </p> <pre> # ./autogen.sh --prefix=$HOME/usr # make # make install </pre> </body> </html>