From 1492d1c55ff6c4e62f559e22f33f3c25e13a11f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Yolanda Robla Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:15:08 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Add kpartx as a requirement to build images Testing on a ubuntu cloud image, the build is not possible because it is missing the kpartx dependency. Adding that as a requirement, when producing images with partitions. Change-Id: I0c8f39b5233dd450d8130735ed801bbed6bca0e9 --- doc/source/user_guide/installation.rst | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/installation.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/installation.rst index 0391adf0..54f305f3 100644 --- a/doc/source/user_guide/installation.rst +++ b/doc/source/user_guide/installation.rst @@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ 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. +When generating images with partitions, the ``kpartx`` tool is needed, +which is provided by the ``kpartx`` package. + Some image formats, such as ``VHD``, may require additional tools. Please see the ``disk-image-create`` help output for more information.