> Hi Dave,
>
> From my knowledge - RHEL has an FDP (Fast Data Path) repository, where those
> packages reside.
> Here are the src rpms:
> https://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/8Base/en/Fast-Datapath/SRPMS/
>
> <https://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/8Base/en/Fast-Datapath/SRPMS/>
Yep. RHEL provides OVS packages via Fast Datapath repository.
And since RHEL 8 there are no other OVS packages available.
Also, FDP repos are not included into base RHEL subscription,
you need RH OpenStack or some other product subscription to
get access and support for these packages.
Re-building the package from SRPMs above might be an easy option,
if you don't need RH support. You may also try packages from
CentOS Stream.
>
> Best regards,
> Michal
>
>> On 31 Aug 2022, at 20:56, Dave Houser <davehouser1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I got it to work. I did the following:
>>
>> - I adjusted the following in ./rhel/openvswithc.spec
>> Changed this:
>> `Requires: logrotate, hostname, python-six`
>> To this:
>> `Requires: logrotate, hostname, python2 >= 2.7, python2-six`
>>
>> - That error message from `yum localinstall` is not accurate. When
>> performing an install with `rpm -Uvh ./openvswitch-2.17.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm`
>> I see the following
>> ```
>> error: Failed dependencies:
>> python3 < 3.6.6-13 conflicts with (installed)
>> platform-python-3.6.8-45.el8.x86_64
>> python3 < 3.6.6-9 conflicts with (installed)
>> platform-python-devel-3.6.8-45.el8.x86_64
>> ```
>> So I just installed with RPM instead
>>
>> `rpm -Uvh --force --nodeps ./openvswitch-2.17.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm`
>>
>> This did the trick, and it installed.
The spec file is a bit outdated. And you don't need python2, nor python*-six.
The following spec seems to be the most accurate and worked for me:
diff --git a/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in b/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
index 9903dd10a..7eac52d63 100644
--- a/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
+++ b/rhel/openvswitch.spec.in
@@ -32,14 +32,12 @@ License: ASL 2.0
Release: %{release_number}%{?dist}
Source: openvswitch-%{version}.tar.gz
Buildroot: /tmp/openvswitch-rpm
-Requires: logrotate, hostname, python >= 2.7, python-six
-BuildRequires: python-six
+Requires: logrotate, hostname, python3 >= 3.4
BuildRequires: openssl-devel
BuildRequires: checkpolicy, selinux-policy-devel
BuildRequires: autoconf, automake, libtool
BuildRequires: python3-sphinx
BuildRequires: unbound-devel
-BuildRequires: libunwind-devel
%bcond_without check
%bcond_with check_datapath_kernel
@@ -102,7 +100,6 @@ rm \
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man8/ovs-test.8 \
$RPM_BUILD_ROOT/usr/share/man/man8/ovs-l3ping.8
(cd "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" && rm -rf usr/%{_lib}/*.la)
-(cd "$RPM_BUILD_ROOT" && rm -rf usr/include)
install -d -m 0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_rundir}/openvswitch
install -d -m 0755 $RPM_BUILD_ROOT%{_localstatedir}/log/openvswitch
@@ -255,6 +252,7 @@ exit 0
%{_libdir}/lib*.a
%{_libdir}/pkgconfig
%{_includedir}/openvswitch/*
+%{_includedir}/openflow/*
%files selinux-policy
%defattr(-,root,root)
---
$ rpmbuild -bb --without check rhel/openvswitch.spec
$ dnf localinstall /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/*openvswitch*.rpm
This installed without issues on RHEL 8.6. Though I didn't check 2.17,
I used 3.0 instead.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 12:57 PM Dave Houser <davehouser1 at gmail.com
>> <mailto:davehouser1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 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 is true for RHEL 7, but not for RHEL 8+, unfortunately.
>>
>> 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/ <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 at 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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