[dpdk-users] Install DPDK on Centos7

[Chris Paquin]

If there are any steps or pre-reqs that I am missing in my guide [1] please
let me know. Anything else that I should add?


[1] https://fatmin.com/2017/08/25/how-to-install-testpmd-on-rhel-7-x/


CHRISTOPHER PAQUIN

Cloud INFRASTRUCTURE Architect, RHCE, RHCSA-OSP

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On Mon, Apr 23, 2018 at 3:27 AM, James Bensley <jwbensley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 20 April 2018 at 17:01, RICCARDO RUSSO <riccardo.russo79 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I'm trying to install dpdk on CentOS
> >
> > $ yum -y update
> > $ yum -y install git gcc numactl-devel libpcap-devel kernel-devel
> > $ hostnamectl
> > ...
> >     Virtualization: kvm
> >   Operating System: CentOS Linux 7 (Core)
> >        CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7
> >             Kernel: Linux 3.10.0-514.26.1.el7.x86_64
> >       Architecture: x86-64
> >
> > $ wget http://dpdk.org/browse/dpdk-stable/snapshot/dpdk-stable-
> 18.02.tar.gz
> > $ gunzip dpdk-stable-18.02.tar.gz
> > $ tar -xvf dpdk-stable-18.02.tar
> > $ export RTE_SDK=/root/dpdk-stable-18.02
> > $ export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
> > $ cd $RTE_SDK
> > $ make install T=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc DESTDIR=install
> > ...
> > == Build lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/eal
> >   SYMLINK-FILE include/exec-env/rte_kni_common.h
> >   CC eal.o
> >   CC eal_hugepage_info.o
> >   CC eal_memory.o
> >   CC eal_thread.o
> >   CC eal_log.o
> >   CC eal_vfio.o
> >   CC eal_vfio_mp_sync.o
> >   CC eal_debug.o
> >   CC eal_lcore.o
> >   CC eal_timer.o
> >   CC eal_interrupts.o
> >   CC eal_alarm.o
> >   CC eal_common_lcore.o
> >   CC eal_common_timer.o
> >   CC eal_common_memzone.o
> >   CC eal_common_log.o
> >   CC eal_common_launch.o
> >   CC eal_common_memory.o
> >   CC eal_common_tailqs.o
> >   CC eal_common_errno.o
> >   CC eal_common_cpuflags.o
> >   CC eal_common_hypervisor.o
> >   CC eal_common_string_fns.o
> >   CC eal_common_hexdump.o
> >   CC eal_common_devargs.o
> >   CC eal_common_bus.o
> >   CC eal_common_dev.o
> >   CC eal_common_options.o
> >   CC eal_common_thread.o
> >   CC eal_common_proc.o
> >   CC rte_malloc.o
> >   CC malloc_elem.o
> >   CC malloc_heap.o
> >   CC rte_keepalive.o
> >   CC rte_service.o
> >   CC rte_reciprocal.o
> >   CC rte_cpuflags.o
> >   CC rte_hypervisor.o
> >   CC rte_spinlock.o
> >   CC rte_cycles.o
> >   AR librte_eal.a
> >   INSTALL-LIB librte_eal.a
> > == Build lib/librte_eal/linuxapp/igb_uio
> > make: *** /lib/modules/3.10.0-514.26.1.el7.x86_64/build: No such file or
> > directory.  Stop.
> > make[7]: *** [igb_uio.ko] Error 2
> > make[6]: *** [igb_uio] Error 2
> > make[5]: *** [linuxapp] Error 2
> > make[4]: *** [librte_eal] Error 2
> > make[3]: *** [lib] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
> > make[1]: *** [pre_install] Error 2
> > make: *** [install] Error 2
> >
> > I don't know what I am missing
> > Rr
>
> Hi Riccardo,
>
> I have to install these packages on CentOS 7 first:
>
> sudo yum install make coreutils gcc glibc-devel.x86_64
> kernel-devel.x86_64 kernel-headers.x86_64 python libpcap-devel
> numactl.x86_64 numactl-devel.x86_64 numactl-libs.x86_64
>
> Cheers,
> James.
>