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Compiling Qemu-KVM

Lets compile KVM – QEMU from scratch on Debian Jessie

This… will take a long ass time!.

mkdir -p /usr/local/libexec
mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/qemu
mkdir -p /usr/local/var
mkdir -p /usr/local/share/doc
 
cd /usr/local/src/
git clone git://git.qemu-project.org/qemu.git
 
sudo aptitude install libglib2.0-dev libfdt-dev libpixman-1-dev zlib1g-dev libaio-dev \
    libbluetooth-dev libbrlapi-dev libbz2-dev  libcap-dev libcap-ng-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev \
    libgtk-3-dev libibverbs-dev libjpeg8-dev libncurses5-dev libnuma-dev librbd-dev \
    librdmacm-dev libsasl2-dev libsdl1.2-dev libseccomp-dev libsnappy-dev libssh2-1-dev \
    libvde-dev libvdeplug-dev libvte-2.90-dev libxen-dev liblzo2-dev valgrind xfslibs-dev \
    gnutls-dev libiscsi-dev libgoogle-perftools-dev libspice-protocol-dev libspice-server-dev \
    libusb-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev libusbredirparser-dev libusbredirparser1 libnfs-dev
 
./configure --target-list=i386-linux-user,i386-softmmu,x86_64-linux-user,x86_64-softmmu --enable-system \
    --enable-sdl --enable-gtk --enable-vte --enable-kvm --enable-bzip2 --enable-libssh2 --enable-linux-user \
    --enable-docs --enable-gnutls --enable-nettle --enable-curses --enable-modules --enable-virtfs \
    --enable-curl --enable-fdt --enable-rdma --enable-uuid --enable-vde --enable-linux-aio --enable-cap-ng \
    --enable-attr --enable-vhost-net --enable-spice --enable-rbd --enable-libiscsi --enable-libnfs --enable-libusb \
    --enable-usb-redir --enable-lzo --enable-snappy --enable-seccomp --enable-coroutine-pool --enable-glusterfs \
    --enable-tpm --enable-vhdx --enable-numa --enable-tcmalloc
 
make -j4 <- (Core count)
 
checkinstall -D
 
(This will create the .deb package), make sure to fill in version, package name, etc.
dpkg -i (just created package)
qemu-system-x86_64 –version <== Check it's your version.

Find attached my .deb if you’re too lazy for that.

Meet this requirements first, before using my .deb !!

apt-get install libdrm-intel1 libdrm-nouveau2 libdrm-radeon1 libgl1-mesa-glx libdrm2 libelf1 libglapi-mesa \
    libllvm3.5 libpciaccess0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libxcb-dri2-0 libxcb-dri3-0 libxcb-glx0 \
    libxcb-present0 libxcb-sync1 libxshmfence1 libxxf86vm1 libgl1-mesa-dri libglib2.0 libfdt \
    libpixman-1 zlib1g libaio libbluetooth libbrlapi libbz2 libcap libcap-ng libcurl4-gnutls \
    libgtk-3 libibverbs libjpeg8 libncurses5 libnuma librbd librdmacm libsasl2 libsdl1.2 libseccomp \
    libsnappy libssh2-1 libvde libvdeplug libvte-2.90 libxen liblzo2 xfslibs gnutls libiscsi \
    libgoogle-perftools libgoogle-perftools4 libspice-protocol libspice-server libusb libusb-1.0-0 \
    libusbredirparser1 libnfs4 libnfs8

If you’re missing packages… then… here you also have my apt sources.list

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#                   OFFICIAL DEBIAN REPOS                    
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
###### Debian Main Repos
deb https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
 
###### Debian Update Repos
deb https://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src https://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src https://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie-proposed-updates main contrib non-free
 
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
#                      UNOFFICIAL  REPOS                       #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
###### 3rd Party Binary Repos
 
#### Debian Mozilla team - https://mozilla.debian.net/
## Run this command: apt-get install pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring
deb https://mozilla.debian.net/ jessie-backports firefox-release
 
#### Debian Multimedia - https://deb-multimedia.org/
## Run this command: apt-get update && apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
deb https://www.deb-multimedia.org stable main non-free
 
#### Dotdeb - https://www.dotdeb.org
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | apt-key add -
deb https://packages.dotdeb.org oldstable all
 
 
####### 3rd Party Source Repos
 
#### Dotdeb (Source) - https://www.dotdeb.org
## Run this command: wget -q -O - https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | apt-key add -
deb-src https://packages.dotdeb.org oldstable all
 
deb https://cloudmin.virtualmin.com/kvm/debian binary/

Install missing keyrings!

apt-get install pkg-mozilla-archive-keyring
apt-get update && apt-get install deb-multimedia-keyring && apt-get update
wget -q -O - https://www.dotdeb.org/dotdeb.gpg | apt-key add -
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Sr. Software Engineer with over 10 years of experience. Hobbist photographer and mechanic. Tinkering soul in an endeavor to better understand this world. Love traveling, drinking coffee, and investments.

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