I am tyring to install openvswitch 2.17.2 on RHEL 8. I tried using yum to install but running `yum install openvswitch` or `yum install openvswitch-dpdk` do not work, nothing is found. Your site reads this:
"RHEL distributes openvswitch rpm package that supports kernel datapath. DPDK accelerated Open vSwitch can be installed using openvswitch-dpdk package." This does not seem to be the case or is not as straight forward as the instructions imply. As the packages are not found. I then tried to compile an RPM and do a local install. I downloaded the 2.17.2 tarball from here: https://www.openvswitch.org/download/ Then I installed all the required packages. There was one particular that did not install clean. "python-six", after doing some research it seems there is no "python-six" package only "python2-six" and "python3-six". I installed both and adjusted the .spec anywhere "python-six" was mentioned to "python3-six". Note I also tried using "python2-six". I then built the rpm with `rpm -bb --nochecks /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/openvswitch-2.17.2/rhel/openvswitch.spec` This created the rpm. Then I tried installing with `yum localinstall openvswitch-2.17.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm` But no matter what I try I keep getting these errors: ``` Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 1:17:59 ago on Wed 31 Aug 2022 11:37:19 AM EDT. Error: Problem: conflicting requests - nothing provides python >= 2.7 needed by openvswitch-2.17.2-1.el8.x86_64 - nothing provides /bin/python3 needed by openvswitch-2.17.2-1.el8.x86_64 (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) root@emd1:~/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64# ``` I already confirmed that python2 is installed, there is even a symbolic link for "python" -> /bin/python2.7. Also /bin/python3 is installed and the path is valid. Why am I getting these errors? How can I fix this or work around it? Can I just install with --skip-broken or --nobest? Is there a better way to install? -Dave
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