VPP/Installing VPP binaries from packages
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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-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.
- svm - vm library
- vlib - vector processing library
- vlib-api - binary API library
- vnet - network stack library
- vpp-plugins - Description: Vector Packet Processing--plugin modules
- acl
- dpdk
- flowprobe
- gtpu
- ixge
- kubeproxy
- l2e
- lb
- memif
- nat
- pppoe
- sixrd
- stn
- 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-api-java - Description: JAVA binding for the VPP Binary API.
- vpp-api-python - Description: Python binding for the VPP Binary API.
- vpp-api-lua - Description: Lua binding for the VPP Binary API.
Ubuntu/Debian/Centos
Packages are published for both the amd64 (Intel) and aarch64 (ARM) architectures. The packages are stored in the same repository so no special action is required to select your architecture.
Add fd.io repo
VPP release packages are available at: https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release
If you follow that link you should see a screen presenting buttons to click to get instructions for installing Debian/Rpm packages. Click on the appropriate link for instructions, and those should work for Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, or Centos7. What to expect when following the link to https://packagecloud.io/fdio/release is in the image below:
If you wish to install the merge-by-merge packages for the vpp master branch or the vpp stable/YYMM branches, the instructions are the same but use instead:
- https://packagecloud.io/fdio/master - for the master branch
- https://packagecloud.io/fdio/1807 - for the stable/1807 branch.
- https://packagecloud.io/fdio/1810 - for the stable/1810 branch.
Install Packages
Debs
Once you have installed the repo:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vpp
- Optional Debs
sudo apt-get install vpp-plugins vpp-dbg vpp-dev vpp-api-java vpp-api-python vpp-api-lua
Note: vpp-plugins contains the dpdk-plugin needed to use dpdk drivers for hardware interfaces.
- Uninstalling Debs
sudo apt-get remove --purge vpp*
RPMs
Once you have installed the repo:
sudo yum install vpp
- Optional RPMs
sudo yum install vpp-plugins vpp-devel vpp-api-python vpp-api-lua vpp-api-java
Note: vpp-plugins contains the dpdk-plugin needed to use dpdk drivers for hardware interfaces.
- Start VPP
sudo systemctl restart vpp
Uninstalling VPP RPMs
sudo yum autoremove vpp*
openSUSE
Blog-post: https://www.suse.com/communities/blog/vector-packet-processing-vpp-opensuse/
Install from official repositories
openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release)
sudo zypper install vpp vpp-plugins
openSUSE Leap 42.3
sudo zypper addrepo --name network https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/network/openSUSE_Leap_42.3/network.repo sudo zypper install vpp vpp-plugins
Install from FD.io repositories
If the version of VPP you require has not yet made it in to the official repository you can elect to use the FD.io release repository.
openSUSE Leap 42.3
This repository is available since VPP 18.04.
sudo zypper addrepo --type rpm-md --name "FD.io release" https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.osleap423/ fdio-leap423 sudo zypper install vpp vpp-plugins
openSUSE Leap 15
This repository is available since VPP 18.10.
If you are interested in cutting-edge master branch then:
sudo curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/fdio/master/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash sudo zypper install vpp vpp-plugins
If instead you are looking for a stable release, the latest and greatest available is 18.10
sudo curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/fdio/1810/script.rpm.sh | sudo bash sudo zypper install vpp vpp-plugins
Uninstall
openSUSE Tumbleweed (rolling release)
sudo zypper remove -u vpp vpp-plugins
openSUSE Leap 42.3
sudo zypper remove -u vpp vpp-plugins
Optionally also remove the repository:
sudo zypper removerepo network
or
sudo zypper removerepo fdio-leap423
Arch Linux
Available in the Arch User Repository (AUR): https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/vpp/
(Currently the bin packages do not work).
Getting jvpp jar
Directly downloading jvpp.jar
vpp provides java bindings which can be downloaded
Getting jvpp via maven
Add the following to the repositories section in your ~/.m2/settings.xml to pick up the fd.io maven repo:
<repository> <id>fd.io-release</id> <name>fd.io-release</name> <url>https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.release/</url> <releases> <enabled>false</enabled> </releases> <snapshots> <enabled>true</enabled> </snapshots> </repository>
More information on setting up maven repositories in settings.xml.
Then you can get jvpp by putting in the dependencies section of your pom.xml file:
<dependency> <groupId>io.fd.vpp</groupId> <artifactId>jvpp-core</artifactId> <version>18.04</version> </dependency>
More information on maven dependency managment
Old Nexus Apt/Yum repo instructions
If you wish to access the old Nexus Apt/Yum repo instructions there are available here.