2010/1/18 Frédéric Grelot <fredericg_99@xxxxxxxx>: > >> checking for dm_task_run in -ldevmapper... no >> configure: error: You must install device-mapper-devel/libdevmapper >> >= >> 1.0.0 to compile libvirt >> >> /dev/mapper exists on the system. >> > > You need the *-devel version of those packages (they provide include files in particular). > I think it is something like libdevmapper-devel. > Note that the "dev" stands for "device", while the "devel" stands for "development files". > > You may get few other errors like this one, don't forget to install *-devel versions of the packages that they complain about. > > > Frederic. > On Fedora development packages end in -devel. On Debian/Ubuntu development packages end in -dev. The necessary package for Ubuntu is called: libdevmapper-dev Matthias -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list