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Installation
Diskimage-builder can either be run directly out of the source repository or installed via pip. If you plan on doing development on diskimage-builder or the elements then we recommend you run the tool out of the source repository as this installation requires minimal extra effort and does not require an extra install step for your changes to take effect.
Once installed, you will be able to build images <building_an_image> using
disk-image-create and the elements included in the main
diskimage-builder repository.
Requirements
Most image formats require the qemu-img tool which is provided by the qemu-utils package on Ubuntu/Debian or the qemu package on Fedora/RHEL/opensuse/Gentoo.
Some image formats, such as VHD, may require additional tools. Please see the disk-image-create help output for more information.
Individual elements can also have additional dependencies for the build host. It is recommended you check the documentation for each element you are using to determine if there are any additional dependencies. Of particular note is the need for the dev-python/pyyaml package on Gentoo hosts.
Source Installation
Clone the diskimage-builder and dib-utils repositories locally:
git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/diskimage-builder
git clone https://git.openstack.org/openstack/dib-utilsAdd the bin dirs to your path:
export PATH=$PATH:$(pwd)/diskimage-builder/bin:$(pwd)/dib-utils/binPip Installation
Installing via pip is as simple as:
pip install diskimage-builderPackage Installation
On Gentoo you can emerge diskimage-builder directly.
emerge app-emulation/diskimage-builder