View source for KVM 1.2 libvirt 1.0.0 on centos 6.3

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= Install deps =
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yum groupinstall Virtualization "Virtualization Client" "Virtualization Platform" "Virtualization Tools"
yum install gcc make libxml2-devel gnutls-devel device-mapper-devel python-devel libnl-devel
*yum install autoconf automake bison byacc flex gcc gcc-c++ gettext libpciaccess libpciaccess-devel libstdc++ libtool make ncurses-devel patch rpm-build
yum -y install glib2*

## If you want ceph, install ceph-devel from ceph.org repo ( http://ceph.com/docs/master/install/rpm/ )
yum install ceph-devel

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* Not sure this is needed.

= Install QEMU (1.4.0) =
Download latest source from: http://wiki.qemu.org/Download
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./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
make
make install
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= Install libvirt (1.0.3) =
Download latest source from:  http://libvirt.org/sources/
* If you want ceph/rbd/librados support, remember to add '''--with-storage-rbd''' to the configure options.
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wget http://libvirt.org/sources/libvirt-1.0.0.tar.gz
./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
make
make install
ldconfig
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= Install QEMU-KVM (1.2.0) =
Download latest source from: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Downloads
* Remember '''--enable-rbd''' if you're building for ceph/librados
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http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Downloads
./configure --prefix=/usr --localstatedir=/var --sysconfdir=/etc
make
make install
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= Install newest kernel =
3.6.8 currently.

Download from http://kernel.org
unpack, setup, compile and install:
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make menuconfig
make -j 8 && make -j 8 modules_install && make install
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Switch bootloader default # if you want to boot from it
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vim /boot/grub/grub.menu
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check the new kernel is there and set DEFAULT=0 (default position of the new kernel entry)