Downloading and Installing VPP

If you want to use VPP it can be convenient to install the binaries from existing packages. This guide describes how to pull, install and run the VPP packages.

FD.io VPP packages are stored in Packagecloud.io package repositories. There is a package repository for the latest VPP release packages as well as a package repository associated with each branch in the VPP git repository. The VPP merge jobs which run on Jenkins (https://jenkins.fd.io) for each actively supported git branch uploads packages to packagecloud that are built from the vpp code in the branch.

Installing on Ubuntu / Debian OS Distros

The following are instructions on how to install VPP on Ubuntu.

• Ubuntu - Setup the FD.io Repository
  • Update the OS
  • Configure Apt Using the Packagecloud Setup Script
    • VPP Release Repo
    • VPP master Branch Repo
    • VPP stable release Branch Repo
• Install the Mandatory Packages
• Install the Optional Packages
• Uninstall the Packages
• Remove FD.io Apt source lists

Package Descriptions

The following is a brief description of the packages to be installed with VPP.

• Packages
  • vpp
  • vpp-lib
  • vpp-plugins
  • vpp-dbg
  • vpp-dev
  • vpp-api-python
  • vpp-api-lua
  • vpp-selinux-policy