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[FlorianHeigl]

Hi :-)

One thing I'd like to point out is that on a standard Ubuntu 14 LTS it's taking considerable time (hours) just to hunt down the recent versions of software (not done yet)
If you want this to get real adoption, the software should run best on the most commonly installed OS.

I'm currently trying to find a way to have recent enough qemu-img, but for everyone one that doesn't give up there's a dozen that just moves on.

Here's where to get Ruby 2.2:
https://www.brightbox.com/blog/2015/01/05/ruby-2-2-0-packages-for-ubuntu/

[FlorianHeigl]

Still trying to find 2.4 qemu-img somewhere.

I'll try to build packages :)

[FlorianHeigl]

I used this build script from OpenStack:
https://github.com/openstack/fuel-plugin-qemu/blob/master/qemu/build-qemu.sh
modified for 2.4.1 and removed all references to vnc-ws (they removed VNC options in 2.4 and 2.6)

(compiling)

for keybase:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/borkinfr/keybase/ubuntu trusty main" \
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/keybase.list
apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 95C52455E45DCAA4
apt-get update
apt-get install keybase

[FlorianHeigl]

Kinda hopeless, gave up for now :)

[jfontan]

I am doing the same exercise as you did and found the same problems. I'm working on alleviating it, at least for Ubuntu 14.04. The following issues are created to keep track of it:

• Support libguestfs < 1.30 #18
• Documentation on how to make it work in common distributions #19

Meanwhile here are some tips:

• Ruby 1.9.3 is enough. I've tested this
• You can install a newer libguestfs from this ppa: ppa:mpanella/libguestfs. I'm trying to make it usable in issue Support libguestfs < 1.30 #18
• I've compiled a newer version of qemu-img 2.6.2. It's statically linked so it should work as is. Download link: https://canga.io/downloads/qemu-img.bz2

[jfontan]

I've updated a new version (0.0.2) that supports libguestfs 0.28 except for copy command. Instructions to install dependencies in Ubuntu 14.04 are here:

https://canga.io/install/