[Qemu-devel] How to compile the source code to get the images and executable to run the QEMU?

[Qemu-devel] How to compile the source code to get the images and executable to run the QEMU?

[Arturo CV]

Hello,

Am new around here and am working with the QEMU in a project.

I would like to ask if there is anyone that can let me know how to
compile or build the images to be used to run the QEMU from the source
code. I already got the source code from the wiki.qemu.org and I have
the version 1.0.1. Now I would like to build it from there to start
doing some test with my project.

At the beginning I was working with the version 0.14.50 but it was
already build with all the executable and everything and am having
issues when I try to put the system into an Idle state using the
"wait" so I was looking to use the newest version and go from there.

I appreciate all the help and guidance you can give me since am kind
of newbie with this :)

Arturo C.V.

Re: [Qemu-devel] How to compile the source code to get the images and executable to run the QEMU?

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 04:08:30PM -0600, Arturo CV wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Am new around here and am working with the QEMU in a project.
> 
> I would like to ask if there is anyone that can let me know how to
> compile or build the images to be used to run the QEMU from the source
> code. I already got the source code from the wiki.qemu.org and I have
> the version 1.0.1. Now I would like to build it from there to start
> doing some test with my project.
> 
> At the beginning I was working with the version 0.14.50 but it was
> already build with all the executable and everything and am having
> issues when I try to put the system into an Idle state using the
> "wait" so I was looking to use the newest version and go from there.
> 
> I appreciate all the help and guidance you can give me since am kind
> of newbie with this :)

Ordinarily I'd suggest that for any open source project you can just
read the "INSTALL" file or "README" file for instructions, but having
just checked I see QEMU does not have an INSTALL file and the README
is mostly useless. Sigh.

About the only docs I can find on building QEMU are these:

  http://qemu.weilnetz.de/qemu-doc.html#compilation

If you only want to build one particular architecture (eg x86_64),
then my recommendation is:

  ./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu --prefix=$HOME/usr/qemu-1.0.1
  make
  make install

Then you can run it

   $HOME/usr/qemu-1.0.1/bin/qemu-system-x86_64

Regards,
Daniel
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