How to Install SheepDog on Void Linux

SheepDog is a distributed storage system for QEMU. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing SheepDog on Void Linux.

Prerequisites

  • A working installation of Void Linux
  • Root access

Instructions

  1. Open the terminal on your system
  2. Update the package repositories by running the following command:
xbps-install -S
  1. Install the dependencies required to build SheepDog by running:
xbps-install -S make gcc linux-headers pkg-config libuuid-devel zlib-devel libaio-devel librados2-devel librados2
  1. Download the SheepDog source code from their official website. You can use the following command to download the latest version:
wget https://github.com/sheepdog/sheepdog/archive/master.zip
  1. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
unzip master.zip
  1. Navigate to the extracted directory and build SheepDog by running:
cd sheepdog-master
make
  1. Install SheepDog by running the following command:
make install
  1. After the installation is completed, set up the SheepDog daemon by adding the following line to the end of the /etc/rc.local file:
sheep -c /etc/sheepdog/sheep.conf -d
  1. Start the SheepDog service:
sudo service sheepdog start

Congratulations! You have successfully installed SheepDog on your Void Linux system. You can now use it to store and manage your QEMU data.