Make 'openvswitch' a mandatory dependency.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mininet.install b/mininet.install
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+post_install() {
+  cat << EOF
+   
+    Mininet requires Open vSwitch to be running in order to
+	instantiate switches. To run it, just execute the following
+	commands (as root or using sudo):
+   
+      # systemctl enable ovsdb-server.service
+      # systemctl start ovs-vswitchd.service
+      # systemctl enable ovsdb-server.service
+      # systemctl start ovs-vswitchd.service
+
+EOF
+}