RE: ubuntu 16.04/glib dependency

[Mahesh Kurapati]

Thank you.  Will try with 20.04. 

Thank you, 
Mahesh

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org> 
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2021 11:55 AM
To: Mahesh Kurapati <mahesh.kurapati@keysight.com>
Cc: qemu-discuss@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: ubuntu 16.04/glib dependency

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On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 at 16:07, Mahesh Kurapati <mahesh.kurapati@keysight.com> 
wrote:
> I get below error when I try to build the QEMU on my unbuntu16.04 VM.   I 
> tried to upgrade the glib tool, but it says it is already at the latest 
> version 2.48.  How do I (force) update to the needed versions?  Any ideas?

You should upgrade your Ubuntu install. 16.04 is no longer supported by 
Canonical (unless you're paying them money for that), and it's fallen out of 
QEMU's set of supported distros.

The Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will work, but the most recent Ubuntu LTS release is 
20.04, so you might want to move to that.
Upgrading between Ubuntu LTSes is generally pretty smooth in my experience; 
check the Ubuntu docs/info on how to do it.

(It might be in theory possible to find a backport of a newer glib version to 
16.04, but that's likely to be just the first of a whole series of "your distro 
is too old" issues you'll run into.)

Our supported build platforms policy is documented here:
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://qemu-project.gitlab.io/qemu/about/build-platforms.html__;!!I5pVk4LIGAfnvw!zV0SeNufWCUULygcJgxBqjn6a1w5CBWpc0Y4tSjlOTWs9TK11lvinSrqp1AKc8f1ny5eNg$

-- PMM