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| author | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2009-11-10 15:12:01 -0800 |
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| committer | Jesse Gross <jesse@nicira.com> | 2009-11-10 15:12:01 -0800 |
| commit | d65349ea28bb67a0062a9b4b60ff97538206373b (patch) | |
| tree | 4c8614cc35ac6fe654ff30916c39e25f93aa2bd1 /INSTALL.Linux | |
| parent | 01b528c1b7af38678f29a6b21c0bc220560c97f7 (diff) | |
| parent | f2d7fd66cf51b83acbe509f8ef6d4b34538d0646 (diff) | |
Merge citrix branch into master.
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 38b0269a..5e38efb3 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 |