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This document describes how to build and install Open vSwitch on a
-generic Linux or FreeBSD host. If you want to install Open vSwitch on
-a Citrix XenServer, see INSTALL.XenServer instead.
+generic Linux or FreeBSD host. For specifics around installation on a
+specific platform, please see one of these files:
-This version of Open vSwitch may be built manually with "configure"
-and "make", as described below. You may also build Debian packages by
-running "dpkg-buildpackage".
+ - INSTALL.Debian
+ - INSTALL.Fedora
+ - INSTALL.RHEL
+ - INSTALL.XenServer
Build Requirements
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you do not understand what this means or do not know if your driver
will work, do not set this.
+ Once you verify that the kernel modules load properly, you should
+ install them:
+
+ % make modules_install
+
7. Initialize the configuration database using ovsdb-tool, e.g.:
% mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/openvswitch