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Andrea Bolognani 94cb908f90 CONTRIBUTING: Include information on build dependencies 
libvirt depends on a ton of packages, so trying to install them
all by using the classic approach of repeatedly running configure
and reacting to each failure by installing the corresponding
missing package will inevitably lead to frustration.

Luckily there's an easy solution to get most dependencies
installed in one fell swoop, and we just need to document it.

Signed-off-by: Andrea Bolognani <abologna@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Laine Stump <laine@redhat.com>
2020-04-21 19:25:38 +02:00

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Contributing to libvirt

Full, up to date information on how to contribute to libvirt can be found on the libvirt website:

https://libvirt.org/contribute.html

To build the same document locally, from the top level directory of your git clone run:

$ mkdir build && cd build
$ ../autogen.sh
$ make

You'll find the freshly-built document in docs/contribute.html.

If configure fails because of missing dependencies, you can set up your system by calling

$ sudo dnf builddep libvirt

if you're on a RHEL-based distribution or

$ sudo apt-get build-dep libvirt

if you're on a Debian-based one.

You might still be missing some dependencies if your distribution is shipping an old libvirt version, but that will get you much closer to where you need to be to build successfully from source.