Build Dependencies

This page lists the build dependencies for OpenNebula.

• g++ compiler (>= 5.0)
• xmlrpc-c development libraries (>= 1.06)
• scons build tool (>= 0.98)
• sqlite3 development libraries (if compiling with sqlite support) (>= 3.6)
• mysql client development libraries (if compiling with mysql support) (>= 5.1, >= 5.6 is recommended for pool search)
• libxml2 development libraries (>= 2.7)
• libvncserver development libraries (>= 0.9)
• openssl development libraries (>= 0.9.8)
• ruby interpreter (>= 2.0.0)

Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04

• bash-completion
• libcurl4-openssl-dev
• libmysqlclient-dev
• libnode-dev (>= 10)
• libnsl-dev
• libsqlite3-dev
• libssl-dev
• libsystemd-dev
• libvncserver-dev
• libxml2-dev
• libxmlrpc-c++8-dev
• nodejs (>= 10)
• npm
• python3
• python3-pip
• python3-setuptools
• rake
• scons
• unzip
• protobuf-compiler-grpc
• libgrpc++-dev
• libabsl-dev
• ruby gem grpc-tools

For Ubuntu 22.04 is recommended a updated version of Node.js:

apt -y remove nodejs libnode-dev || true
apt -y autoremove
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_18.x | sudo -E bash -

Install all requirements using:

apt install bash-completion libcurl4-openssl-dev libmysqlclient-dev \
    libnode-dev libnsl-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev \
    libvncserver-dev libxml2-dev libxmlrpc-c++8-dev nodejs npm \
    python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools rake scons unzip \
    protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc++-dev libabsl-dev
gem install grpc-tools

Debian 12, 13

• bash-completion
• bower
• default-libmysqlclient-dev
• libcurl4-openssl-dev
• libnode-dev (>= 10)
• libnsl-dev
• libsqlite3-dev
• libssl-dev
• libsystemd-dev
• libvncserver-dev
• libxml2-dev
• libxmlrpc-c++8-dev -> Debian 12,
• libxmlrpc-c++9-dev -> Debian 13
• nodejs (>= 10)
• npm
• python3
• python3-pip
• python3-setuptools
• rake
• scons
• unzip
• protobuf-compiler-grpc
• libgrpc++-dev
• libabsl-dev
• ruby gem grpc-tools

Install all requirements using:

# Debian 12
apt install bash-completion default-libmysqlclient-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libnode-dev libnsl-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev \
    libvncserver-dev libxml2-dev libxmlrpc-c++8-dev nodejs npm \
    python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools rake scons unzip \
    protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc++-dev libabsl-dev
gem install grpc-tools

# Debian 13
apt install bash-completion default-libmysqlclient-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
    libnode-dev libnsl-dev libsqlite3-dev libssl-dev libsystemd-dev \
    libvncserver-dev libxml2-dev libxmlrpc-c++9-dev nodejs npm \
    python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools rake scons unzip \
    protobuf-compiler-grpc libgrpc++-dev libabsl-dev
gem install grpc-tools

AlmaLinux/RHEL 9, 10

• gcc-c++
• gnutls-devel
• libcurl-devel
• libjpeg-turbo-devel
• libnsl2-devel
• libvncserver-devel
• libxml2-devel
• mariadb-devel
• nodejs >= 10
• npm
• openssh
• openssl-devel
• pkgconfig
• python3
• python3-scons
• python3-setuptools
• rubygems
• sqlite-devel
• systemd
• systemd-devel
• xmlrpc-c-devel
• grpc-devel
• ruby gem grpc-tools

Install all requirements using:

dnf config-manager --set-enabled crb
dnf install gcc-c++ gnutls-devel libcurl-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel \
    libnsl2-devel libvncserver-devel libxml2-devel mariadb-devel nodejs npm \
    openssh openssl-devel pkgconfig python3 python3-scons python3-setuptools \
    rubygems sqlite-devel systemd systemd-devel xmlrpc-c-devel grpc-devel
gem install grpc-tools

Arch

They are listed in this PKGBUILD.