[ovs-discuss] installation on ubuntu

Gurucharan Shetty shettyg at nicira.com
Wed Jun 5 17:08:09 UTC 2013 

On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:38 PM, Nagi Reddy Jonnala <njonnala at brocade.com>wrote:

> I decided to focus my efforts on installing latest OVS 1.10 as you pointed
> out. Hence, I focused to fix /boot.sh errors first****
>
> ** **
>
> The warnings were not really dangerous as mentioned in
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2004-12/msg00131.html****
>
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>
> I manually edited /usr/local/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:4 and added the “[“ and
> “]” where needed. Then I went past ./boot.sh without any errors****
>
> ** **
>
> However, ./configure erros persist. I believe this could be an error not
> related to Ubuntu version but ./configure may have to be fixed. I see the
> following where the errors are reported****
>
> ** **
>
> KSRC=$KBUILD****
>
>       if test ! -e $KSRC/include/linux/kernel.h; then****
>
>         # Debian kernel build Makefiles tend to include a line of the form:
> ****
>
>         # MAKEARGS := -C /usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-1-common
> O=/usr/src/linux-headers-3.2.0-1-486        ==è I don’t see any of these
> directories on my linux machine. I don’t know python..but is the arguments
> used from this line at all? It appeared to be in comments line
>
This is not Python but a shell script and that line is just a comment. I am
wondering whether you do not have a " /usr/src/linux-headers-`uname -r`"
directory. I am conjecturing here, but try doing a "sudo apt-get build-dep
dkms" and "sudo apt-get install dkms". That should hopefully get all the
linux build packages. Also do a "sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname
-r`", if the previous step does not give you the headers package. Is this
64 bit Ubuntu 12.04 server? It is possible that something is not right in
your build environment. I would advice spinning up a new 64 bit Ubuntu
12.04 VM and start from there.






> ****
>
>         # First try to extract the source directory from this line.****
>
>         KSRC=`sed -n 's/.*-C \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p' "$KBUILD"/Makefile`****
>
>         if test ! -e "$KSRC"/include/linux/kernel.h; then****
>
>           # Didn't work.  Fall back to name-based heuristics that used to
> work.****
>
>           case `echo "$KBUILD" | sed 's,/*$,,'` in # (****
>
>             */build)****
>
>               KSRC=`echo "$KBUILD" | sed 's,/build/*$,/source,'`****
>
>               ;; # (****
>
>             *)****
>
>               KSRC=`(cd $KBUILD && pwd -P) | sed
> 's,-[^-]*$,-common,'`                       ==========è This is the place
> where it failed****
>
>               ;;****
>
>           esac****
>
>         fi****
>
>       fi****
>
>       if test ! -e "$KSRC"/include/linux/kernel.h; then****
>
>         as_fn_error $? "cannot find source directory (please use
> --with-linux-source)" "$LINENO" 5****
>
>       fi****
>
>     fi****
>
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>
> I found that the above fixed sometime last year****
>
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>
> http://openvswitch.org/pipermail/dev/2012-February/015035.html****
>
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>
> In my linux, I see the following directories but not the ones claimed above
> ****
>
> ** **
>
> root at labuser-desktop:/usr/src# ls -lart****
>
> total 72****
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct  7  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-33****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Oct  7  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-33-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct  7  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-34****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Oct  7  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-34-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Nov  8  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-35****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Nov  8  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-35-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Dec 15  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-36****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Dec 15  2011 linux-headers-2.6.32-36-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Feb 10  2012 linux-headers-2.6.32-38****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Feb 10  2012 linux-headers-2.6.32-38-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May 31 19:21 linux-headers-2.6.32-41-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 31 21:57 linux-headers-2.6.32-41****
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 May 31 21:57 linux-headers-2.6.32-47****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 May 31 21:57 linux-headers-2.6.32-47-generic*
> ***
>
> drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 Jun  4 12:46 ..****
>
> drwxr-xr-x  7 root root 4096 Jun  4 12:54 linux-headers-3.2.0-45-generic**
> **
>
> drwxrwsr-x 18 root src  4096 Jun  4 16:34 .****
>
> drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jun  4 18:03 linux-headers-3.2.0-45****
>
> root at labuser-desktop:/usr/src#****
>
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>
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>
> *From:* Gurucharan Shetty [mailto:shettyg at nicira.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 04, 2013 5:23 PM
>
> *To:* Nagi Reddy Jonnala
> *Cc:* discuss at openvswitch.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ovs-discuss] installation on ubuntu****
>
> ** **
>
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>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Nagi Reddy Jonnala <njonnala at brocade.com>
> wrote:****
>
> It was not precise. I upgrade to the latest hence the delay in reply****
>
>  ****
>
> lsb_release -a****
>
> No LSB modules are available.****
>
> Distributor ID: Ubuntu****
>
> Description:    Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS****
>
> Release:        12.04****
>
> Codename:       precise****
>
>  ****
>
> apt-get install openvswitch-controller command was successful. It claimed
> it has installed 1.4 version which is not what I want because it is too
> old. However, I just wanted to check whether 1.4 was installed correctly –
> I don’t see any OVS components installed. “which ovs-controller” and “which
> ovs-ofctl” replied no binary files / links to the bin directories. I am
> primarily looking for the OVS active and passive controllers****
>
> Hence moved onto the the other installation option****
>
>  ****
>
> ovs-controller should have been installed in /usr/bin/.****
>
> "dpkg -l | grep openvswitch" should you all the openvswitch packages you
> have installed.****
>
> You can always do a "dpkg -c openvswitch-controller*.deb" to see all the
> files inside that package and their paths.****
>
> ** **
>
> ovs-ofctl needs openvswitch-switch and openvswitch-common packages. You
> will also need openvswitch-datapath-dkms*.deb for the kernel module.****
>
>  ****
>
> Ø  I suppose your development environment is Ubuntu?****
>
> yes****
>
> Ø  For 12.04, I need the following packages (or a smaller subset of it)***
> *
>
>  ****
>
> I installed all of the packages you recommend but didn’t help.****
>
> ./boot.sh should not give any errors. You should be looking at fixing that
> error before you run ./configure.****
>
> Read the INSTALL file in the repo to figure out all the packages that you
> need for it to work.****
>
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>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> In addition, I ran ./configure and ran into the exactly same issue****
>
>  ****
>
> I am trying to find what am I missing? Were you able to install the latest
> OVS (dated May-1-2013) on Ubuntu?****
>
> Yes. Every released OVS version >= 1.4 should work on Ubuntu 12.04
> (previous versions probably work too, I do not know). The latest release is
> OVS 1.10 (git branch branch-1.10).****
>
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>
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>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> Thanks****
>
> Nagi****
>
>  ****
>
> *From:* Gurucharan Shetty [mailto:shettyg at nicira.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, June 03, 2013 12:48 PM****
>
>
> *To:* Nagi Reddy Jonnala
> *Cc:* discuss at openvswitch.org
> *Subject:* Re: [ovs-discuss] installation on ubuntu****
>
>  ****
>
> 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****
>
>  ****
>
> Ubuntu precise? Else, check whether the package exists for your version.**
> **
>
> You can download the .deb from here:****
>
> http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/amd64/openvswitch-controller/download**
> **
>
>  ****
>
> And then do a "dpkg -i *.deb" ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> 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****
>
>  ****
>
> I suppose your development environment is Ubuntu?****
>
> For 12.04, I need the following packages (or a smaller subset of it)****
>
> sudo apt-get install autoconf libtool sparse openssl pkg-config****
>
> sudo aptitude install python-qt4 python-qt4-dev pyqt-tools****
>
> sudo apt-get install git-email libmail-sendmail-perl libmailtools-perl****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> 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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