Unable to run virsh on bookworm

Sean Whalen

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May 9, 2023, 3:20:07 PM5/9/23

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Hi,

I've installed virt-manager on a Debian bookworm system, and that is working fine. However, when I try to use the libvirt CLI client, virsh, I receive this error message:

virsh: /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvirt.so.0: version `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0' not found (required by virsh)

The Fedora package libvirt-libs 9.0.0 states that it provides libvirt.so.0(LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0)(64bit), so I'm not sure why the Debian package wouldn't be the same way, or why virt-manager works but virsh does not.

I just filed a bug (that was my time using the Debi an bug tracking system). Is anyone aware of a workaround for this bug until it is fixed?

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Sean Whalen

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Sven Joachim

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May 9, 2023, 3:32:12 PM5/9/23

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On 2023-05-09 19:10 +0000, Sean Whalen wrote:

> I've installed virt-manager on a Debian bookworm system, and that is
> working fine. However, when I try to use the libvirt CLI client,
> virsh, I receive this error message:
>
> virsh: /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvirt.so.0: version
> `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0' not found (required by virsh)

Note the '/usr/local/lib/…' path here. This version of libvirt.so.0 is
most likely older than the one in the libvirt0 package. Probably at
some time in the past you installed it.

> The Fedora package libvirt-libs
> <https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/libvirt/libvirt-libs/fedora-38.html>

> 9.0.0 states that it provides
> libvirt.so.0(LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0)(64bit), so I'm not sure why the
> Debian package wouldn't be the same way, or why virt-manager works but
> virsh does not.
>
> I just filed a bug

> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1035808> (that was
> my time using the Debian bug tracking system). Is anyone aware of a

> workaround for this bug until it is fixed?

You can and you have to fix it yourself, by moving the locally installed
libvirt.so.0 out of the way.

Cheers,
Sven

piorunz

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May 9, 2023, 3:40:06 PM5/9/23

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On 09/05/2023 20:10, Sean Whalen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've installed virt-manager on a Debian bookworm system, and that is
> working fine. However, when I try to use the libvirt CLI client, virsh,
> I receive this error message:
>
> virsh: /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvirt.so.0: version
> `LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0' not found (required by virsh)
>
> The Fedora package libvirt-libs

> <https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/libvirt/libvirt-libs/fedora-38.html> 9.0.0 states that it provides libvirt.so.0(LIBVIRT_PRIVATE_9.0.0)(64bit), so I'm not sure why the Debian package wouldn't be the same way, or why virt-manager works but virsh does not.

>
> I just filed a bug

> <https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1035808> (that was my

> time using the Debi an bug tracking system). Is anyone aware of a
> workaround for this bug until it is fixed?

Hi Sean,

I use virt-manager on Bookworm and it works very well.
You can investigate and fix this yourself. First, determine to which
package this file belongs:
$ apt-file search libvirt.so.0
libvirt0: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvirt.so.0
libvirt0: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libvirt.so.0.9000.0

So, you need to install (or reinstall) libvirt0 package to make sure you
have correct version, as Sven suggested in e-mail just before mine.

$ apt-cache policy libvirt0
libvirt0:
Installed: 9.0.0-3
Candidate: 9.0.0-3
Version table:
*** 9.0.0-3 500
500 http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

I have it installed, and its all working for me.

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With kindest regards, Piotr.

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