GDP

% Installing The Global Dataplane From .deb Packages

We maintain pre-compiled binary packages for ubuntu/debain-based systems to

make software distribution easier. The reason for this particular platform

is guided by *swarmbox* testbed that we support. Any software packaging for

other platforms is certainly welcome.

**This README is only relevant if you are installing from the Debian

packages.  Those packages are *not* included with the source distribution.

If you are installing from source, please read `README-compiling.md`.**

***Nota Bene:*** we are switching to doing packaging using Docker

images rather than Debian packages.  This transition is not yet complete.

We apologize for any confusion.

Package structure:

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* `gdp-client`: Client side C library (`.so` file), header files and various

  compiled utility functions.

* `gdp-python`: Language bindings in Python, requires gdp-client.

* `gdp-server`: GDP log-server.

* `gdp-router-*`: A packaged version of the GDP router, see elsewhere.

In order to write/run C applications, you will need `gdp-client`. If you want

to write Python applications, you will need `gdp-python`. You probably do not

need the server side components unless you are planning on being part of the

infrastructure.

Installation

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You can find the latest .deb files [here](https://gdp.cs.berkeley.edu/redmine/projects/gdp/files).

These are standard debian package installation instructions that are included

here for convenience.

For installing a debian package

    sudo dpkg -i <debian-file>

In case it fails because of missing dependencies, you can fix it by

    sudo apt-get -f install

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