Instead of listing all the dependencies, use the RPM group 'Development Tools' and the builddep tool to find specific ones.
Signed-off-by: Flavio Leitner <f...@sysclose.org> --- Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++----------- Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst | 34 +++++++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst index 3119bd9aa..70cebfb16 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/fedora.rst @@ -36,23 +36,43 @@ RHEL 7.x and its derivatives, including CentOS 7.x and Scientific Linux 7.x. Build Requirements ------------------ -To build packages for a Fedora Linux host, you will need the packages described -in the :doc:`general`. Specific packages (by package name) include: - -- rpm-build -- autoconf automake libtool -- systemd-units openssl openssl-devel -- python2-devel python3-devel -- python2 python2-twisted python2-zope-interface python2-six python2-sphinx -- desktop-file-utils -- groff graphviz -- procps-ng -- checkpolicy selinux-policy-devel - -And (optionally): - -- libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel -- dpdk-devel +You will need to install all required packages to build the RPMs. +Newer distributions use ``dnf`` but if it's not available, then use +``yum`` instructions. + +The command below will install RPM tools and generic build dependencies. +And (optionally) include these packages: libcap-ng libcap-ng-devel dpdk-devel. + +DNF: +:: + + $ dnf install @'Development Tools' rpm-build dnf-plugins-core + +YUM: +:: + + $ yum install @'Development Tools' rpm-build yum-utils + +Then it is necessary to install Open vSwitch specific build dependencies. +The dependencies are listed in the SPEC file, but first it is necessary +to replace the VERSION tag to be a valid SPEC. + +The command below will create a temporary SPEC file: +:: + $ sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch-fedora.spec.in \ + > /tmp/ovs.spec + +And to install specific dependencies, use the corresponding tool below. + +DNF: +:: + $ dnf builddep /tmp/ovs.spec + +YUM: +:: + $ yum-builddep /tmp/ovs.spec + +Once that is completed, remove the file ``/tmp/ovs.spec``. Bootstraping ------------ diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst index 0ef6f55a3..184089e89 100644 --- a/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst +++ b/Documentation/intro/install/rhel.rst @@ -70,17 +70,33 @@ directory is ``/usr/src/redhat/SOURCES``. On RHEL 6, the default ``_topdir`` is Build Requirements ------------------ -To compile the RPMs, you will need to install the packages described in the -:doc:`general` along with some additional packages. These can be installed with -the below command:: +You will need to install all required packages to build the RPMs. +The command below will install RPM tools and generic build dependencies: +:: + $ yum install @'Development Tools' rpm-build yum-utils - $ yum install gcc make python-devel openssl-devel kernel-devel graphviz \ - kernel-debug-devel autoconf automake rpm-build redhat-rpm-config \ - libtool checkpolicy selinux-policy-devel python-sphinx +Then it is necessary to install Open vSwitch specific build dependencies. +The dependencies are listed in the SPEC file, but first it is necessary +to replace the VERSION tag to be a valid SPEC. -.. note:: - If python-sphinx package is not available in your version of RHEL, you can - install it via pip with 'pip install sphinx'. +The command below will create a temporary SPEC file: +:: + $ sed -e 's/@VERSION@/0.0.1/' rhel/openvswitch.spec.in > /tmp/ovs.spec + +And to install specific dependencies, use yum-builddep tool: +:: + $ yum-builddep /tmp/ovs.spec + +Once that is completed, remove the file ``/tmp/ovs.spec``. + +If python-sphinx package is not available in your version of RHEL, you can +install it via pip with 'pip install sphinx'. + +Open vSwitch requires python 2.7 or newer which is not available in older +distributions. In the case of RHEL 6.x and its derivatives, one option is +to install python34 and python34-six from `EPEL`_. + +.. _EPEL: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL .. _rhel-bootstrapping: -- 2.13.6 _______________________________________________ dev mailing list d...@openvswitch.org https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
