From nobody Sun Feb 8 17:42:21 2026 Delivered-To: importer@patchew.org Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) client-ip=170.10.133.124; envelope-from=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; helo=us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com; Authentication-Results: mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass(p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; t=1662732385; cv=none; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; b=hdPD+BBEBhmYJ+15UZUQq/9KaYjLb8+pJTMU5bgSg42LvJcqlJY9+muLVYpsoThLyAkKrZfDc7gKHxMw+skw2/GVecCt7+1JzmAZg38Ozu9+r3suJr4sb1dfpzWadCdG4Fi+6f2Tv+1LB9nTPy8VDFGJPi/PETsviGBjBSWC2rU= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=zohomail.com; s=zohoarc; t=1662732385; h=Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Date:From:In-Reply-To:List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Id:List-Archive:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe:MIME-Version:Message-ID:References:Sender:Subject:To; bh=21ogZA+2MLkcxqr8gKBOO7Y7oqfmDFnat5sQ1xURu4A=; b=KbwFBIdiTSFv5CmBgm70x4y3g6TDmit+YGgafpusMRQ1A5tyf1jR5EHRpaAFruAj70BIRmz/OCEhH7Lu9fKRciOfibxftKDoAExffeQoT1Nj30uIDwFTbJaXxXfkNa4OnG0iJamKawV396R64eSPzCrTtR8i63w6N4sP4A4jgS0= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; mx.zohomail.com; dkim=pass; spf=pass (zohomail.com: domain of redhat.com designates 170.10.133.124 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com; dmarc=pass header.from= (p=none dis=none) Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) by mx.zohomail.com with SMTPS id 1662732385396942.1210742193383; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 07:06:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mx3-rdu2.redhat.com [66.187.233.73]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.2, cipher=TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-306-HSVDHouqP96YVdbRw_ASfQ-1; Fri, 09 Sep 2022 10:06:20 -0400 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.9]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 065611C05AC0; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com [10.30.29.100]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA7A3492C3B; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A9CD1946A65; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx03.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.3]) by mm-prod-listman-01.mail-001.prod.us-east-1.aws.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AB8E1946A41 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) id 6FA21112131B; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from speedmetal.lan (unknown [10.40.208.30]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB3551121315 for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2022 14:06:14 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1662732384; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=21ogZA+2MLkcxqr8gKBOO7Y7oqfmDFnat5sQ1xURu4A=; b=LUDwCZ/PuCEe/sZ1w5oz6wCgIUZ9pAMPbew4eLPRQKYP80Ks15iQkX1VF+oZmB0KGJeeDm ix9QxV9xI/TBebNF6oYzlDy5o5yTZHGiOkYkuvTNVIKT2v3RBKka2APvbf1+5bYHmtKegi lYom3iRlqq2APLFn1RpVtu3oln/AnZk= X-MC-Unique: HSVDHouqP96YVdbRw_ASfQ-1 X-Original-To: libvir-list@listman.corp.redhat.com From: Peter Krempa To: libvir-list@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 1/6] docs: compiling: Add a paragraph suggesting installation from repository Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2022 16:06:07 +0200 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.78 on 10.11.54.3 X-BeenThere: libvir-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Development discussions about the libvirt library & tools List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: libvir-list-bounces@redhat.com Sender: "libvir-list" X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.85 on 10.11.54.9 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @redhat.com) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1662732386687100001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Users should be encouraged to install libvirt from the distro's repos in the first place. Also encourage distro-specific ways to get newer versions, rather than building from source manually. Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa --- docs/compiling.rst | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/compiling.rst b/docs/compiling.rst index 7746f20bed..25dd0f4265 100644 --- a/docs/compiling.rst +++ b/docs/compiling.rst @@ -4,6 +4,26 @@ libvirt Installation .. contents:: +Installing from distribution repositories +----------------------------------------- + +This is the recommended option to install libvirt. Libvirt is present in t= he +package repositories of all major distributions. Installing a package from= the +package manager ensures that it's properly compiled, installed, and updated +during the lifecycle of the distribution. + +For users who wish to use the most recent version, certain distributions a= lso +allow installing the most recent versions of virtualization packages: + + **Fedora** + + Refer to https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Preview_Reposit= ory + + **Gentoo** + + The ``app-emulation/libvirt`` is regularly updated, but newest versions= are + usually marked as testing by the ``~*`` keyword. + Compiling a release tarball --------------------------- --=20 2.37.1