VPP/Installing VPP binaries from packages

Intro

If you are simply using vpp, it can be convenient to simply install the packages. The instructions below will pull the latest freshest package build from the master branch (updated on every merge).

Package Descriptions

• vpp - Description: Vector Packet Processing--executables. This package provides VPP executables: vpp, vpp_api_test, vpp_json_test
  • vpp - the vector packet engine
  • vpp_api_test - vector packet engine API test tool
  • vpp_json_test - vector packet engine JSON test tool
• vpp-dbg - Description: Vector Packet Processing--debug symbols
• vpp-dev - Description: Vector Packet Processing--development support. This package contains development support files for the VPP libraries
• vpp-dpdk-dev - Description: Vector Packet Processing--development support. This package contains dpdk header files which match the dpdk version compiled into the vpp executable
• vpp-dpdk-dkms - Description: DPDK 2.1 igb_uio_driver. This package contains Linux kernel modules distributed with DPDK.
• vpp-lib - Description: Vector Packet Processing--runtime libraries. This package contains the VPP shared libraries, including:
  • vppinfra - foundation library supporting vectors, hashes, bitmaps, pools, and string formatting.
  • dpdk - Intel DPDK library
  • svm - vm library
  • vlib - vector processing library
  • vlib-api - binary API library
  • vnet - network stack library

Ubuntu/Debian

Add fd.io repo

• Pick Ubuntu version:

 export UBUNTU="trusty" | "xenial"

• Pick VPP version:
  • MASTER

 export RELEASE=".master"

• VPP 16.09 (Release Candidate)

 export RELEASE=".stable.1609"

• VPP 16.06

 export RELEASE=".stable.1606"

Released

 export RELEASE="" 

• Then run:

 sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list
 echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io$RELEASE.ubuntu.$UBUNTU.main/ ./" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list
 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get install vpp vpp-dpdk-dkms

Uninstalling

 sudo apt-get remove --purge vpp vpp-dpdk-dkms vpp-lib

Centos

Add fd.io repo

CentOS 7.2 - VPP Release RPMs

Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/fdio-release.repo with contents:

[fdio-release]
name=fd.io release branch latest merge
baseurl=https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.centos7/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

CentOS 7.2 - VPP master branch RPMs

Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/fdio-master.repo with contents:

[fdio-master]
name=fd.io master branch latest merge
baseurl=https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.centos7/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

CentOS 7.2 - VPP stable/1606 branch RPMs

Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/fdio-stable-1606.repo with contents:

[fdio-stable-1606]
name=fd.io stable/1606 branch latest merge
baseurl=https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.stable.1606.centos7/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

CentOS 7.2 - VPP stable/1609 branch RPMs

Create a file /etc/yum.repos.d/fdio-stable-1609.repo with contents:

[fdio-stable-1609]
name=fd.io stable/1609 branch latest merge
baseurl=https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.stable.1609.centos7/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

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Install vpp packages

sudo yum install vpp