From 2d48b4633c4f0dbd3602361682f5a205f9510462 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bob Lantz Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:11:10 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] More installation edits. --- INSTALL | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index dc5e126..e890d35 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ http://www.openflowswitch.org/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/MininetVMCreationNotes so that 'import mininet' will work, and installs the primary mn script (mn) as well as its helper utility (mnexec.) - On Ubuntu and Debian, Mininet's dependencies and core files may be + On Ubuntu and Debian, Mininet's dependencies and core files may also be installed using mininet/util/install.sh -n -2. Script-based kernel and OpenFlow installation for Ubuntu/Debian Lenny +2. Installation script for Ubuntu/Debian Lenny If you are running Ubuntu 10.04 or Debian Lenny, you may be able to use the util/install.sh script to install a compatible Linux kernel as well as @@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ http://www.openflowswitch.org/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/MininetVMCreationNotes options to install.sh; install.sh -h lists them all. Assuming the mininet source tree is installed in ~/mininet, the steps to run - install.sh to install everything we use for OpenFlow tutorials are: + install.sh to install EVERYTHING we use for OpenFlow tutorials are: % cd % time ~/mininet/util/install.sh # installs tons of stuff % sudo reboot # to load new kernel % ~/mininet/util/install.sh -c # to clean out unneeded kernel stuff - This installs a lot of useful software, but it will take a while (20 + This installs a lot of useful software, but it will take a while (30 minutes or more, depending on your network connection, computer, etc..) Probably the minimal semi-useful configuration would be to install @@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ http://www.openflowswitch.org/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/MininetVMCreationNotes Open vSwitch, and the Open vSwitch kernel module. If a new kernel was installed, then a reboot may be required. - If install.sh cannot be used for some reason, or if you don't want to + If install.sh cannot be used for some reason (e.g. you're on Fedora + or some other Linux - please don't say CentOS) or if you don't want to install all of these components (they're useful!), the kernel and OpenFlow software requirements are described in steps [3] and [4], which follow.