brew install virt-manager issue

[arowley0]

It seems similar to issue#43

I updated xcode and brew and still I cannot install virt manager.

/usr/local/opt/pkg-config/bin/pkg-config --print-errors --atleast-version=0.9.11 libvirt
/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7 generator.py libvirt /usr/local/Cellar/libvirt/2.2.0/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml
Found 415 functions in /usr/local/Cellar/libvirt/2.2.0/share/libvirt/api/libvirt-api.xml
Found 0 functions in libvirt-override-api.xml
Generated 344 wrapper functions
Missing type converters:
virConnectNodeDeviceEventGenericCallback:1
ERROR: failed virConnectNodeDeviceEventRegisterAny
error: command '/usr/local/opt/python/bin/python2.7' failed with exit status 1

[barnumbirr]

@arowley0 have a look at #57, the workaround seems to fix the issue.

[ki-media]

Same here. BTW the workaround in #57 is not working (anymore). A working solution is recommended.

[fkpwolf]

same issue here, after upgrade to macOS Sierra.

[Ryuchen]

Change the file of virt-manager.rb, as follow:

resource "libvirt-python" do
url "https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-2.2.0.tar.gz"
sha256 "ba6b2eb3f018275e9720498d7b771959c2d51ebd54f6e956de5055f912afea76"
end

[ki-media]

It installs correct. But now when I try to start libgdk-3.0.dylib crashes... Already tried to completly rebuild with no success...

[danifunker]

I have the same issue as you @ki-media, but weird enough virt-manager --debug works fine.

[danifunker]

Ended up creating an AppleScript "application" in my /Applications folder, here is the contents if anybody wants...

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/virt-manager --debug > /dev/null 2>&1 &"

Now it works and I have an icon. Yay for me

[ki-media]

This did the trick! Weird but works! Many thanks @danifunker

[hit0wnzzz]

@Ryuchen that worked for me, location of the file for me was:

/usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/jeffreywildman/

[66Ton99]

nano +26 /usr/local/Homebrew/Library/Taps/jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager/virt-manager.rb

Change to:

 resource "libvirt-python" do
    url "https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-2.3.0.tar.gz"
    sha256 "ad25a98c2508a6c81d65cc8bc5f3e0b4c506247cf544a7d54c41526a99caef48"
  end

[Nethe]

Worked! Virt-manager has been installed successfully! Thanks!

[kode54]

And now, it also works with libvirt-python-2.4.0.

[efij]

using macOS Sierra.
still getting an error while trying to run:

brew install virt-manager virt-viewer

This is the output:

Updating Homebrew...
==> Auto-updated Homebrew!
Updated 1 tap (caskroom/cask).
No changes to formulae.

==> Installing virt-manager from jeffreywildman/virt-manager
==> Downloading https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-manager/virt-mana
Already downloaded: /Users/efij/Library/Caches/Homebrew/virt-manager-1.4.1.tar.gz
==> Patching
patching file virt-clone
patching file virt-convert
patching file virt-install
patching file virt-manager
patching file virt-xml
==> Downloading https://libvirt.org/sources/python/libvirt-python-2.3.0.tar.gz
######################################################################## 100.0%
==> python -c import setuptools... --no-user-cfg install --prefix=/usr/local/Cel
Last 15 lines from /Users/efij/Library/Logs/Homebrew/virt-manager/01.python:
Generated 350 wrapper functions
Missing type converters:
virConnectSecretEventGenericCallback:1
virStreamSourceFunc:1
virStreamSinkFunc:1
unsigned long long *:1
virStorageVolInfoPtr:1
long long *:1
ERROR: failed virConnectSecretEventRegisterAny
ERROR: failed virDomainMigrateGetMaxDowntime
ERROR: failed virStorageVolGetInfoFlags
ERROR: failed virStreamRecvHole
ERROR: failed virStreamSparseRecvAll
ERROR: failed virStreamSparseSendAll
error: command '/usr/bin/python' failed with exit status 1

If reporting this issue please do so at (not Homebrew/brew or Homebrew/core):
https://github.com/jeffreywildman/homebrew-virt-manager/issues

These open issues may also help:
virt-manager silently quits at launch #78
installation failure for virt-manager #72
Error: jeffreywildman/virt-manager/libvirt-glib 1.0.0 did not build #79
brew install virt-manager issue #58
virt-manager crashing with Python quit unexpectedly while using the libgdk-3.0.dylib #62
Add necessary quotes #75
ERROR: failed virDomainMigrateGetMaxDowntime error: command '/usr/bin/python' failed with exit status 1 #81
Installation fails: Missing type converters: unsigned long long *:1 ERROR: failed virDomainMigrateGetMaxDowntime #80
missing module gi #76
gi has no attribute 'require_version' #74
Installation fails: Missing type converters #71
Unable to paste from host to client. Copying from client to host works. #35
Unable to connect to libvirt #63
libvirt-glib wont build - OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: g-ir-scanner/ #82
libvirt connection URI ?socket string #61
Can't install libvirt-python on El Capitan #50
Install error: failed virConnectNodeDeviceEventRegisterAny #57
Create new virtual machine OS types missing #64
Error: configure: error: libjpeg not found #49
after brew update , the same error #55
Crash on re-open VNC console #44
Install error: [LibvirtGLib-1.0.gir] Error 1 #77
Fresh install on 10.11.1: fatal error: 'glib/gi18n-lib.h' file not found #30
Unable to install due to missing six python module. #68
Python quit unexpectedly every time I try and select a drop down box. #45
Docs update about remote connections #42
Error installing spice-gtk: No package 'spice-client-glib-2.0' found #56

[jeffreywildman]

Closing as this was likely due to a mismatch between libvirt and libvirt-python versions, now match at 4.0.0 in latest virt-manager and libvirt formulae.