[please keep replies on-list] On Mon, 2021-04-05 at 12:03 +0530, shafnamol N wrote: > Hi, > I have build libvirt in the following method: > $ meson build -Dsystem=true > $ ninja -C build > When i tried to get the information via > > $pkg-config --cflags --libs libvirt > > it doesnt show anything. > > But I tried > $ninja -C build install > > and then > $pkg-config --cflags --libs libvirt > It shows like: > libvirt-7.1.0]# pkg-config --cflags --libs libvirt > -lvirt This is expected: pkg-config can't find the libvirt.pc file until you've installed it :) > But the problem is when i tried to get the status of libvirt > > # systemctl status libvirtd > ● libvirtd.service > Loaded: not-found (Reason: Unit libvirtd.service not found.) > Active: failed (Result: exit-code) > > I tried with > # systemctl daemon-reload > But the problem persists.. > what will be the problem... What does running $ ls /usr/lib/systemd/system/*virt* output? What does the Miscellaneous ... Init script: XXX entry look like in the summary that's displayed when you run Meson? What OS are you using? -- Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization