Installation
============
-Libvirt uses the GNU Autotools build system, so in general can be built
-and installed with the usual commands, however, we mandate to have the
-build directory different than the source directory. For example, to build
-in a manner that is suitable for installing as root, use:
-
-::
-
- $ mkdir build && cd build
- $ ../configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
- $ make
- $ sudo make install
-
-While to build & install as an unprivileged user
-
-::
-
- $ mkdir build && cd build
- $ ../configure --prefix=$HOME/usr
- $ make
- $ make install
-
-The libvirt code relies on a large number of 3rd party libraries. These will
-be detected during execution of the ``configure`` script and a summary printed
-which lists any missing (optional) dependencies.
+Instructions on building and installing libvirt can be found on the website:
+https://libvirt.org/compiling.html
Contributing
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