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| author | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2009-11-03 13:56:46 -0800 |
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| committer | Justin Pettit <jpettit@nicira.com> | 2009-11-03 15:37:03 -0800 |
| commit | 30746a1b6a9758a58d6f9a7a85830512aa0e114f (patch) | |
| tree | a2d23bd32dd475e9276c004651008fda454510e3 /INSTALL.Linux | |
| parent | 0193b2afceb14b2daccc5d91395903f88606253c (diff) | |
Mention running boot.sh when pulling sources from Git
When the sources are pulled directly from Git, it is necessary to run
"./boot.sh" before "./configure" can be run. This commit documents that
useful bit of information.
Diffstat (limited to 'INSTALL.Linux')
| -rw-r--r-- | INSTALL.Linux | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/INSTALL.Linux b/INSTALL.Linux index 26839409..aadac73f 100644 --- a/INSTALL.Linux +++ b/INSTALL.Linux @@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ Building and Installing Open vSwitch for Linux Once you have installed all the prerequisites listed above in the Base Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. -1. In the top source directory, configure the package by running the +1. If you pulled the sources directly from an Open vSwitch Git tree, + run boot.sh in the top source directory: + + % ./boot.sh + +2. In the top source directory, configure the package by running the configure script. You can usually invoke configure without any arguments: @@ -128,16 +133,16 @@ Prerequisites section, follow the procedure below to build. additional environment variables. For a full list, invoke configure with the --help option. -2. Run make in the top source directory: +3. Run make in the top source directory: % make -3. Become root by running "su" or another program. +4. Become root by running "su" or another program. -4. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the +5. Run "make install" to install the executables and manpages into the running system, by default under /usr/local. -5. If you built kernel modules, you may load them with "insmod", e.g.: +6. If you built kernel modules, you may load them with "insmod", e.g.: % insmod datapath/linux-2.6/openvswitch_mod.ko |