在 Ubuntu 12.04 上通过源代码安装 Open vSwitch (OVS)

安装 Ubuntu 12.04, 并且更新系统

apt-getupdate;

apt-getupgrade;

 

安装所需的package

apt-get install automake autoconf gcc uml-utilities libtool build-essential pkg-config linux-headers-`uname –r`

 

下载Open vSwich的源码包

wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-1.10.0.tar.gz.

 

编译Open vSwitch

(To build the Linux kernel module, so that you can run thekernel-based switch, pass the location of the kernel build directory on--with-linux)

$ tar -xvf openvswitch-1.10.0.tar.gz

$ cd openvswitch-1.10.0

$ ./boot.sh

$ ./configure--with-linux=/lib/modules/`uname -r`/build

$ make