You must be superuser to install Debian packages.
-1. Start by installing the "openvswitch-switch" and
- "openvswitch-common" packages. These packages include the core
- userspace components of the switch.
-
-2. Install an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways to
- do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are:
+1. Start by installing an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways
+ to do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are:
* Use a Linux kernel 3.3 or later, which has an integrated Open
vSwitch kernel module.
* Build and install the kernel module by hand.
+2. Install the "openvswitch-switch" and "openvswitch-common" packages.
+ These packages include the core userspace components of the switch.
+
+
Open vSwitch .deb packages not mentioned above are rarely useful.
Please refer to their individual package descriptions to find out
whether any of them are useful to you.