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libvirt を Homebrew, apk, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, apt でインストール

libvirt のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

インストール

追加のインストールコマンド

macOS

Homebrew確認済み · 100%
brew install libvirt

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts確認済み · 94%
sudo port install libvirt

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/libvirt/Portfile · ソース: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk確認済み · 92%
sudo apk add libvirt

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · libvirt · ソース: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Fedora dnf確認済み · 92%
sudo dnf install libvirt

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · libvirt · ソース: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nix確認済み · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#libvirt

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/li/libvirt/package.nix · ソース: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacman確認済み · 92%
sudo pacman -S libvirt

Arch Linux sync databases · libvirt · ソース: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypper確認済み · 92%
sudo zypper install libvirt

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · libvirt · ソース: download.opensuse.org

Debian apt確認済み · 92%
sudo apt install libnss-libvirt

Debian stable package indexes · libnss-libvirt · ソース: deb.debian.org

概要

パッケージ概要

C virtualization API

コマンドとエイリアス

  • libvirtd
  • virsh
  • virt-admin
  • virt-host-validate
  • virt-login-shell
  • virt-pki-query-dn
  • virt-pki-validate
  • virt-qemu-qmp-proxy
  • virt-qemu-run
  • virt-qemu-sev-validate
  • virt-ssh-helper
  • virt-xml-validate
  • virtchd
  • virtlockd
  • virtlogd
  • virtlxcd
  • virtnetworkd
  • virtnwfilterd
  • virtproxyd
  • virtqemud
  • virtsecretd
  • virtstoraged
  • virtvboxd

履歴

プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

libvirt is the long-lived virtualization management API and daemon stack that gives tools a common way to manage domains, networks, storage, and host resources across hypervisors.

プロジェクトの歴史

The project was created to provide a common and stable layer for managing virtualized domains on local or remote nodes. Its own goals page emphasizes API stability, secure remote management, resource enumeration, and the ability to insulate applications from frequent changes in lower-level virtualization frameworks.

libvirt became especially important as Linux virtualization consolidated around QEMU and KVM while still needing to interoperate with Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, and other backends. The project website describes a portable C API, stateful host daemons for some hypervisors, and language bindings layered on top of the core API.

採用の歴史

The adoption story is unusually broad for a system library. The official applications page lists command-line tools, desktop applications, provisioning tools, monitoring systems, web applications, configuration-management integrations, backup tools, and infrastructure-as-a-service stacks using the libvirt API.

For package managers, libvirt is not just a library dependency; it is an ecosystem root. Installing it can bring daemons such as libvirtd or modular virt* daemons, virsh, validation tools, NSS integration packages, storage and network drivers, language bindings, and downstream tools such as virt-manager, virt-install, Vagrant providers, and cloud or CI integrations.

使われ方

Administrators commonly use virsh and libvirt daemons to define, start, stop, migrate, inspect, and automate virtual machines and container-like domains. Application developers use the API and bindings to build higher-level management tools while avoiding direct hypervisor-specific control protocols.

On developer workstations it is often the package behind local KVM/QEMU workflows; on servers it is the control plane layer used by provisioning, monitoring, and orchestration software that needs stable VM lifecycle operations.

パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

libvirt is package-nerd famous because it sits at the junction of init systems, daemon socket activation, TLS and PKI material, kernel capabilities, QEMU/KVM feature flags, storage pools, virtual networking, and language bindings. It is the sort of dependency whose packaging details define whether virtualization feels boring or impossible.

It also illustrates why stable C APIs matter in infrastructure: a large ecosystem of frontends can keep working while hypervisors, host operating systems, and security models change underneath.

タイムライン

  • 2005: Early libvirt releases began the public release history recorded by the project news archive.
  • 2012: The 1.0 series marked libvirt as a mature cross-hypervisor management layer.
  • 2021-01-15: libvirt 7.0.0 release notes recorded a formal handover of release tarball signing.
  • 2026-07-01: The project website listed support for QEMU/KVM, Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, macOS Hypervisor.framework, and other drivers.

Related projects

  • QEMU and KVM are among the most common backends managed through libvirt.
  • Xen, LXC, bhyve, VMware ESX/vCenter, Hyper-V, VirtualBox, Virtuozzo, and POWER Hypervisor are supported or related virtualization targets.
  • virt-manager, virt-install, guestfish, vagrant-libvirt, and many monitoring and provisioning tools sit above the libvirt API.

セキュリティ状態

リスクレベル: orange

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service.

リスク分類器

リスク orange · 信頼度 中 · infrastructure

理由

  • broad file, network, media, or database tool signal
  • formula declares a Homebrew service
  • generalized runtime or code generation signal
  • infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal

信号

  • metadata:service
  • text:network,ssh
  • text:shell
  • text:virtualization

インストール挙動

  • formula メタデータに Homebrew post-install フックは記録されていません。
  • formula メタデータがサービスまたはデーモンブロックを宣言しています。
  • Homebrew bottle メタデータは 6 個のプラットフォームターゲットで利用できます。
  • 8 件の実行時依存関係とともにインストールされます。
  • ビルドメタデータには 5 件のビルド依存関係があります。

推奨レビュー

エージェントに無人実行させる前に、このツールが平文の認証情報を読むか、リモート状態を書き込むか、成果物を公開するか、プラグインを起動するかを確認してください。

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
/etc/libvirt/libvirtd.conf/etc/libvirt/libvirt.conf$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/libvirt/libvirt.conf

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/servercert.pem/etc/pki/libvirt/private/serverkey.pem

実行可能ファイル

インストールされる実行可能ファイル

コマンド種類公開範囲メモ
libvirtdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virshcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-admincliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-host-validatecliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-login-shellcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-pki-query-dncliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-pki-validatecliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-qemu-qmp-proxycliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-qemu-runcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-qemu-sev-validatecliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-ssh-helpercliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virt-xml-validatecliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtchdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtlockdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtlogdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtlxcdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtnetworkdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtnwfilterdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtproxydcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtqemudcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtsecretdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtstoragedcliグローバル実行可能ファイル
virtvboxdcliグローバル実行可能ファイル

鮮度

バージョンと鮮度

これらの信号は、ページ生成時期、パッケージマネージャの活動、上流リリース比較を分けて示します。バージョン遅れは、証拠 URL と比較可能なバージョンがある場合だけ警告されます。

ページ生成日2026-07-10
マネージャ版12.5.0
マネージャ更新日2026-07-09
ローカルデータOK
上流not checked
検出された最新未検出

https://libvirt.org/

  • 情報Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://libvirt.org/信頼度 none

インストールメタデータ

パッケージメタデータ

パッケージキーbrew:libvirt
バージョン12.5.0
パッケージマネージャHomebrew
パッケージマネージャページhttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/libvirt
ホームページhttps://libvirt.org/
リポジトリhttps://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt
上流ドキュメントhttps://libvirt.org/docs
ライセンスLGPL-2.1-or-later AND GPL-2.0-or-later
ソースアーカイブhttps://download.libvirt.org/libvirt-12.5.0.tar.xz
最終更新2026-07-09T23:27:37Z
Pulseupdated
依存関係cyrus-sasl, gettext, glib, gnutls, json-c, libiscsi, libssh2, readline
ビルド依存関係docutils, gettext, meson, ninja, pkgconf
macOS 提供ライブラリcurl, libxml2
Bottle利用可能 (対象 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install未定義
サービスdeclared

レジストリ情報

ソースデータベース詳細

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namelibvirt
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

ソースデータベース一致

他のパッケージマネージャ記録

一致は外部パッケージマネージャインデックスから取得され、ローカルの Automic Vault パッケージリンクとは分けて表示されます。

Debian apt95%

libnss-libvirt 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - NSS plugins

https://libvirt.org/nss.html

sudo apt install libnss-libvirt
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 4 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libnss-libvirt from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-clients 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - clients

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-clients
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 10 依存関係
  • 3 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-clients from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-clients-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - clients (QEMU specific)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-clients-qemu
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 6 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-clients-qemu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization library - common files

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-common
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon

https://libvirt.org/daemons.html#monolithic-driver-daemon

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 10 依存関係
  • 22 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-common 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - common files

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-common
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 13 依存関係
  • 4 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-config-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-network
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 3 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-config-network from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - configuration files (default network filters)

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: all
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 3 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-config-nwfilter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-interface 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - interface driver

https://libvirt.org/

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-interface
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 7 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-interface from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - LXC connection driver

https://libvirt.org/drvlxc.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 14 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-lxc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-network 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - network driver

https://libvirt.org/formatnetwork.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-network
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 9 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-network from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - node device (nodedev) driver

https://libvirt.org/drvnodedev.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 9 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-nodedev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - network filter (nwfilter) driver

https://libvirt.org/formatnwfilter.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 8 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-nwfilter from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - QEMU connection driver

https://libvirt.org/drvqemu.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 17 依存関係
  • 4 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-qemu from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-secret 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - secret driver

https://libvirt.org/drvsecret.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-secret
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 6 依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-secret from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libvirt-daemon-driver-storage 11.3.0-3+deb13u2

virtualization daemon - storage driver

https://libvirt.org/storage.html

sudo apt install libvirt-daemon-driver-storage
  • Section: admin
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: libvirt
  • 11 依存関係
  • 1 任意依存関係
  • normalized package name match
  • 一致条件: Libvirt
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libvirt-daemon-driver-storage from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

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使用ソース

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
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