INSTALL.Debian

   1             How to Build Debian Packages for Open vSwitch
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   3
   4 This document describes how to build Debian packages for Open vSwitch.
   5 To install Open vSwitch on Debian without building Debian packages,
   6 see INSTALL instead.
   7
   8 These instructions should also work on Ubuntu and other Debian
   9 derivative distributions.
  10
  11
  12 Before You Begin
  13 ----------------
  14
  15 Before you begin, consider whether you really need to build packages
  16 yourself.  Debian "wheezy" and "sid", as well as recent versions of
  17 Ubuntu, contain pre-built Debian packages for Open vSwitch.  It is
  18 easier to install these than to build your own.  To use packages from
  19 your distribution, skip ahead to "Installing .deb Packages", below.
  20
  21
  22 Building Open vSwitch Debian packages
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  24
  25 You may build from an Open vSwitch distribution tarball or from an
  26 Open vSwitch Git tree with these instructions.
  27
  28 You do not need to be the superuser to build the Debian packages.
  29
  30 1. Install the "build-essential" and "fakeroot" packages, e.g. with
  31    "apt-get install build-essential fakeroot".
  32
  33 2. Obtain and unpack an Open vSwitch source distribution and "cd" into
  34    its top level directory.
  35
  36 3. Install the build dependencies listed under "Build-Depends:" near
  37    the top of debian/control.  You can install these any way you like,
  38    e.g. with "apt-get install".
  39
  40    Check your work by running "dpkg-checkbuilddeps" in the top level of
  41    your ovs directory.  If you've installed all the dependencies
  42    properly, dpkg-checkbuilddeps will exit without printing anything.
  43    If you forgot to install some dependencies, it will tell you which ones.
  44
  45 4. Run:
  46
  47        fakeroot debian/rules binary
  48
  49    This will do a serial build that runs the unit tests. This will take
  50    approximately 8 to 10 minutes. If you prefer, you can run a faster
  51    parallel build, e.g.:
  52
  53        DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='parallel=8' fakeroot debian/rules binary
  54
  55    If you are in a big hurry, you can even skip the unit tests:
  56
  57        DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS='parallel=8 nocheck' fakeroot debian/rules binary
  58
  59 5. The generated .deb files will be in the parent directory of the
  60    Open vSwitch source distribution.
  61
  62
  63 Installing .deb Packages
  64 ------------------------
  65
  66 These instructions apply to installing from Debian packages that you
  67 built yourself, as described in the previous section, or from packages
  68 provided by Debian or a Debian derivative distribution such as Ubuntu.
  69 In the former case, use a command such as "dpkg -i" to install the
  70 .deb files that you build, and in the latter case use a program such
  71 as "apt-get" or "aptitude" to download and install the provided
  72 packages.
  73
  74 You must be superuser to install Debian packages.
  75
  76 1. Start by installing an Open vSwitch kernel module.  See
  77    debian/openvswitch-switch.README.Debian for the available options.
  78
  79 2. Install the "openvswitch-switch" and "openvswitch-common" packages.
  80    These packages include the core userspace components of the switch.
  81
  82 Open vSwitch .deb packages not mentioned above are rarely useful.
  83 Please refer to their individual package descriptions to find out
  84 whether any of them are useful to you.
  85
  86
  87 Bug Reporting
  88 -------------
  89
  90 Please report problems to bugs@openvswitch.org.
  91