[ovs-discuss] installation on ubuntu

[AdityaVaja]

For the first one, you could try 'sudo apt-get update' and then 'sudo
apt-get install openvswitch-controller'

If its a fresh Ubuntu install, usually apt-get update is required.


On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Nagi Reddy Jonnala <njonnala at brocade.com>wrote:

> I was trying to install latest openvswitch/controller software on Ubuntu
> but getting into the following issues. Any clues on how to resolve the
> below?****
>
> ** **
>
> **1)      **First tried to get only the binary but failed as shown below**
> **
>
> ** **
>
> apt-get install openvswitch-controller****
>
> Reading package lists... Done****
>
> Building dependency tree       ****
>
> Reading state information... Done****
>
> E: Couldn't find package openvswitch-controller****
>
> ** **
>
> ** **
>
> **2)      **Then tried the other way to install****
>
> ** **
>
> 2a) ./boot.sh****
>
> /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:4: warning: underquoted definition of
> PKG_CHECK_MODULES****
>
> /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:4:   run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
> ****
>
> /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:4:   or see
> http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal****
>
> ** **
>
> 2b)  still tried to proceed because the above is just a warning. As you
> see below, ./configure has encountered an error as show below.  Because of
> this error, makefile was not generated I believe.****
>
> ** **
>
> ./configure ****
>
> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c****
>
> checking whether build environment is sane... yes****
>
> checking for a thread-safe mkdir -p... /bin/mkdir -p****
>
> checking for gawk... gawk****
>
> checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes****
>
> checking for gcc... gcc****
>
> checking whether the C compiler works... yes****
>
> checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out****
>
> checking for suffix of executables... ****
>
> checking whether we are cross compiling... no****
>
> checking for suffix of object files... o****
>
> checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes****
>
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes****
>
> checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed****
>
> checking for style of include used by make... GNU****
>
> checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3****
>
> checking whether gcc and cc understand -c and -o together... yes****
>
> checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E****
>
> checking for ranlib... ranlib****
>
> checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep****
>
> checking for fgrep... /bin/grep -F****
>
> checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E****
>
> checking for perl... /usr/bin/perl****
>
> checking for ANSI C header files... yes****
>
> checking for sys/types.h... yes****
>
> checking for sys/stat.h... yes****
>
> checking for stdlib.h... yes****
>
> checking for string.h... yes****
>
> checking for memory.h... yes****
>
> checking for strings.h... yes****
>
> checking for inttypes.h... yes****
>
> checking for stdint.h... yes****
>
> checking for unistd.h... yes****
>
> checking minix/config.h usability... no****
>
> checking minix/config.h presence... no****
>
> checking for minix/config.h... no****
>
> checking whether it is safe to define __EXTENSIONS__... yes****
>
> checking whether byte ordering is bigendian... no****
>
> checking for special C compiler options needed for large files... no****
>
> checking for _FILE_OFFSET_BITS value needed for large files... 64****
>
> checking for library containing pow... -lm****
>
> checking for library containing clock_gettime... -lrt****
>
> checking for library containing timer_create... none required****
>
> checking for library containing pcap_open_live... no****
>
> checking vmware.h usability... no****
>
> checking vmware.h presence... no****
>
> checking for vmware.h... no****
>
> checking for linux/netlink.h... yes****
>
> ./configure: line 6969: syntax error near unexpected token `('****
>
> ./configure: line 6969: `              KSRC=`(cd $KBUILD && pwd -P) | sed
> 's,-[^-]*$,-common,'`'****
>
> ** **
>
> Thanks****
>
> Nagi****
>
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