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List:       qemu-discuss
Subject:    Re: Seeking Help Installing Qemu-7.0.0
From:       Thomas Huth <thuth () redhat ! com>
Date:       2022-06-01 15:39:56
Message-ID: 509cd474-f6ea-cf1d-0f35-236a03c3ce53 () redhat ! com
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On 01/06/2022 06.55, Dennis Newbold wrote:
> The immediate problem is that when I download the tarball and untar it per 
> the instructions,
> then cd to qemu-7.0.0 and do "./configure" I pretty quickly get:
> 
> Using './build' as the directory for build output
> 
> ERROR: Cannot find Ninja
> 
> I do not know what "Ninja" is.  ./configure --help is not particularly 
> helpful, and the web documentation does not even mention the word "ninja" 
> until it is talking about makefiles.
> So ... if anyone knows where "Ninja" is or how I can get it, I would be 
> appreciative.
> 
> The context / environment is that I am running on Centos 8.

You likely need:

  yum install ninja-build

We've got some hints here (which is not that obvious to find, I have to admit):

 
https://wiki.qemu.org/Hosts/Linux#Fedora_Linux_.2F_Debian_GNU_Linux_.2F_Ubuntu_Linux_.2F_Linux_Mint_distributions


  HTH,
   Thomas


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