Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 18/01/2010 17:52:15: > Matthias Bolte <matthias.bolte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > 18/01/2010 17:52 > > To > > Frédéric Grelot <fredericg_99@xxxxxxxx> > > cc > > Avi Weit/Haifa/IBM@IBMIL, libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject > > Re: [libvirt] 0.7.5 errors in configure script > > 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 Thanks Matthias, Frédéric! After installing package libdevmapper-dev for my Ubuntu box - configure competed successfully. Trying now to compile and install.. (make; make install). - Avi -- libvir-list mailing list libvir-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/libvir-list