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Commit 8eae2550 authored by Bob Lantz's avatar Bob Lantz
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Changed installation notes to reflect VM image install.

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......@@ -7,24 +7,40 @@ Alpha release, March 2010
(Disclaimer: this is an early alpha release; things may be broken!)
The easiest way to get Mininet running is to use one of our pre-built
virtual machine images from:
The easiest way to get Mininet running is to start with one of our pre-built virtual machine images from:
http://www.openflowswitch.org/foswiki/bin/view/OpenFlow/MininetGettingStarted
If you are Linux-savvy and wish to take on the challenge of installing
Mininet and its dependencies from scratch, the requirements are described
below.
Once you have booted up the VM image, all you need to do to install
Mininet is:
git clone git@yuba.stanford.edu:mininet.git
cd mininet
sudo make install
At this point, it should be possible to run a simple Mininet configuration
from the command line:
sudo mn
As an alternative, if you are Linux-savvy, do not wish to use the VM
image, and wish to take on the challenge of installing Mininet and its
dependencies from scratch, the requirements are described below.
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Mininet Manual Installation Notes
These installation notes assume you understand how to do things like
compile kernels, apply patches, configure networks, write code, etc.. If
this is unfamiliar territory, or if you run into trouble, we recommend
using one of our pre-built virtual machine images (see above.)
Mininet manual installation:
1. Core Mininet installation
The core Mininet installation requires gcc, make, python,
and setuptools.
To install Mininet itself, with root privileges:
# make install
......@@ -133,3 +149,5 @@ Mininet manual installation:
Multiple concurrent Mininet instances are not supported!
Good luck!
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