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).

Ubuntu/Debian

Add fd.io repo

master branch

Ubuntu 14.04

echo "deb https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.ubuntu.trusty.main/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list

sudo apt-get update

Ubuntu 16.06

echo "deb https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.master.ubuntu.xenial.main/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list

sudo apt-get update

stable/1606 branch

Ubuntu 14.04

echo "deb https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.stable.1606.ubuntu.trusty.main/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list

sudo apt-get update

Ubuntu 16.06

echo "deb https://nexus.fd.io/content/repositories/fd.io.stable.1606.ubuntu.xenial.main/ ./" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/99fd.io.list

sudo apt-get update

Install vpp packages

sudo apt-get install vpp vpp-dpdk-dkms

Centos

Add fd.io repo

master branch

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

Then run

sudo yum update

stable/1606 branch

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

Then run

sudo yum update

Install vpp packages

sudo yum install vpp