Libguestfs is a library for accessing and modifying virtual machine
disk images. http://libguestfs.org
Libguestfs uses Linux kernel and qemu code, and can access any type of
guest filesystem that Linux and qemu can, including but not limited
to: ext2/3/4, btrfs, FAT and NTFS, LVM, many different disk partition
schemes, qcow, qcow2, vmdk.
For enhanced features, install:
libguestfs-inspect-icons adds support for inspecting guest icons
libguestfs-rescue enhances virt-rescue shell with more tools
libguestfs-rsync rsync to/from guest filesystems
libguestfs-xfs adds XFS support
For developers:
libguestfs-devel C/C++ header files and library
Language bindings:
libguestfs-gobject-devel GObject bindings and GObject Introspection
lua-guestfs Lua bindings
ocaml-libguestfs-devel OCaml bindings
perl-Sys-Guestfs Perl bindings
php-libguestfs PHP bindings
python3-libguestfs Python 3 bindings
ruby-libguestfs Ruby bindings
* Thu Aug 14 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-11
- Ignore blank disks in Windows drive mapping
resolves: RHEL-108803
* Tue Jun 17 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-9
- Generate correct osinfo for SLES >= 15
resolves: RHEL-95791
* Thu May 08 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-8
- Remove duplicate root mountpoints in /etc/fstab
resolves: RHEL-90168
* Fri Apr 25 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-7
- Run the fstrim command twice
resolves: RHEL-88508
* Wed Apr 16 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-6
- Fix virt-v2v conversion of split /usr Ubuntu 22+
resolves: RHEL-87493
* Tue Mar 11 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-5
- Include host kernel information in libguestfs debugging output
resolves: RHEL-83025
* Mon Feb 24 2025 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-4
- Add new APIs to allow command output > 4MB
resolves: RHEL-80159
* Wed Oct 30 2024 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.54.0-3
- Rebase to libguestfs 1.54.0
resolves: RHEL-56809
- Fix osinfo for Windows Server 2025
resolves: RHEL-62935
- Replace Jansson with json-c
resolves: RHEL-65292
* Tue Jul 09 2024 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.50.2-1
- Update to libguestfs 1.50.2
resolves: RHEL-46775
* Mon Jul 08 2024 Richard W.M. Jones <rjones@redhat.com> - 1:1.50.1-12
- inspection: Resolve PARTUUID= and PARTLABEL= in /etc/fstab
resolves: RHEL-40142, RHEL-46596
