X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?p=libguestfs.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=README;h=c4bc1ea76b7102878be7516e5b7d0430125169ef;hp=f32c8596e6bf097577676742b66f61972e1d2dab;hb=54ca2f1f8c21e53af6798a68c897ce3b9acbfc91;hpb=b3f11c5f62f725fa3f09452b38d52dba764f80d0 diff --git a/README b/README index f32c859..c4bc1ea 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ LVs, what filesystem is in each LV, etc.). It can also run commands in the context of the guest. Also you can access filesystems over FTP. Libguestfs is a library that can be linked with C and C++ management -programs (or management programs written in other languages, if people -contribute the language bindings). You can also use it from shell -scripts or the command line. +programs (or management programs written in OCaml, Perl, Python, Ruby or Java). +You can also use it from shell scripts or the command line. Libguestfs was written by Richard W.M. Jones (rjones@redhat.com). For discussion please use the fedora-virt mailing list: @@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ Requirements - recent QEMU with vmchannel support -- febootstrap >= 1.2 +- febootstrap >= 1.5 - XDR, rpcgen @@ -40,6 +39,8 @@ Requirements - perldoc (pod2man, pod2text) to generate the manual pages and other documentation. +- (Optional) Readline to have nicer command-line editing in guestfish. + - (Optional) OCaml if you want to rebuild the generated files, and also to build the OCaml bindings @@ -49,6 +50,11 @@ also to build the OCaml bindings - (Optional) Python if you want to build the python bindings +- (Optional) Ruby, rake if you want to build the ruby bindings + +- (Optional) Java, JNI, jpackage-utils if you want to build the java +bindings + Running ./configure will check you have all the requirements installed on your machine. @@ -75,6 +81,26 @@ these commands as root: make install +Note on using KVM +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +If you are using x86-64, then by default the configure script will +look for qemu-kvm (KVM support). You will need a reasonably recent +processor for this to work. KVM is much faster than using plain QEMU. + +You may also need to enable KVM support for non-root users, by following +these instructions: + + http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/FAQ#How_can_I_use_kvm_with_a_non-privileged_user.3F + +On some systems, this will work too: + + chmod o+rw /dev/kvm + +On some systems, the chmod will not survive a reboot, and you will +need to make edits to the udev configuration. + + Notes on cross-architecture support ----------------------------------------------------------------------