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diff --git a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/building.rst b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/building.rst index 18fa943a6fb..a408b510ca0 100644 --- a/docs/gettingstarted/developers/building.rst +++ b/docs/gettingstarted/developers/building.rst @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ To get started developing with VPP you need to get the sources and build the pac .. _setupproxies: Set up Proxies --------------- +-------------------------- Depending on the environment, proxies may need to be set. You may run these commands: @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ You may run these commands: Get the VPP Sources -------------------- +----------------------------------- To get the VPP sources and get ready to build execute the following: @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ To get the VPP sources and get ready to build execute the following: $ cd vpp Build VPP Dependencies ----------------------- +-------------------------------------- Before building, make sure there are no FD.io VPP or DPDK packages installed by entering the following commands: @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ commands: There should be no output, or packages showing after each of the above commands. -Run this to install the dependencies for FD.io VPP. +Run these commands to install the dependencies for FD.io VPP. If it hangs during downloading at any point, you may need to set up :ref:`proxies for this to work <setupproxies>`. .. code-block:: console @@ -71,11 +71,12 @@ If it hangs during downloading at any point, you may need to set up :ref:`proxie done. done. -Build VPP (Debug Mode) ----------------------- +Build VPP (Debug) +---------------------------- -This build version contains debug symbols which is useful to modify VPP. The command below will build debug version of VPP. -This build will come with /build-root/vpp_debug-native. +This build version contains debug symbols which is useful to modify VPP. The command +below will build debug version of VPP. The binaries when building the debug images +can be found in /build-root/vpp_debug-native. .. code-block:: console @@ -99,24 +100,23 @@ This build will come with /build-root/vpp_debug-native. make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/vagrant/vpp-master/build-root' Build VPP (Release Version) ---------------------------- +----------------------------------------- -To build the release version of FD.io VPP. -This build is optimized and will not create debug symbols. -This build will come with /build-root/build-vpp-native +To build the release version of FD.io VPP. This build is optimized and will not create debug symbols. +The binaries when building the release images can be found in /build-root/vpp-native. .. code-block:: console - $ make release + $ make build-release Building Necessary Packages ---------------------------- +-------------------------------------------- To build the debian packages, one of the following commands below depending on the system: Building Debian Packages -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: console @@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ Building Debian Packages Building RPM Packages -^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. code-block:: console $ make pkg-rpm -The packages will be found in the build-root directory. +Once the packages are builty they can be found in the build-root directory. .. code-block:: console @@ -143,9 +143,18 @@ The packages will be found in the build-root directory. vpp-api-lua_18.07-rc0~456-gb361076_amd64.deb vpp-lib_18.07-rc0~456-gb361076_amd64.deb vpp-api-python_18.07-rc0~456-gb361076_amd64.deb vpp-plugins_18.07-rc0~456-gb361076_amd64.deb -Packages built installed end up in build-root directory. Finally, the command below installs all built packages. +Finally, the packages can be installed with the following: + +For Ubuntu: .. code-block:: console $ sudo bash # dpkg -i *.deb + +For Centos or Redhat: + +.. code-block:: console + + $ sudo bash + # rpm -ivh *.rpm |