[dpdk-dev] Unable to build dpdk : #error "SSSE3 instruction set not enabled"

[Surya Nimmagadda]

Hi,

I am a beginner with dpdk and trying to follow the instructions in http://www.dpdk.org/doc/quick-start

I am seeing the following error when doing make with 1.5.0r2 or 1.5.1r1

== Build lib/librte_meter
== Build lib/librte_sched
  CC rte_sched.o
In file included from /home/surya/dpdk/dpdk-1.5.1r1/lib/librte_sched/rte_bitmap.h:77:0,
                 from /home/surya/dpdk/dpdk-1.5.1r1/lib/librte_sched/rte_sched.c:47:
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.6/include/tmmintrin.h:31:3: error: #error "SSSE3 instruction set not enabled"
make[3]: *** [rte_sched.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [librte_sched] Error 2
make[1]: *** [lib] Error 2
make: *** [all] Error 2

I am running this on a Ubuntu VM (12.04) with gcc version 4.6.3

It built fine on another vm where I have Ubuntun 13.10 with gcc version 4.8.1

Should I upgrade to 4.8.1 here as well (it has become a long process with lot of road blocks) or is there any simple fix? 

The DPDK doc says I just need gcc versions 4.5.x or later.

Thanks,
Surya