[pve-devel] openvswitch not available in proxmox pve-enterprise repo

[Alexandre DERUMIER]

>>I think the easiest solution is to tell users howto configure correct repositories, see: 
>>
>>https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_repositories 

I see that when you try to configure OVS in pve-manager,and openvswitch-switch is not installed,

Network.pm throw an error:

"Open VSwitch is not installed (need package 'openvswitch-switch')"


Maybe it could be great to have something like:

"Open VSwitch is not installed (<a href="wiki link">Read install documentation</a>')"



----- Mail original ----- 

De: "Dietmar Maurer" <dietmar at proxmox.com> 
À: "Alexandre DERUMIER" <aderumier at odiso.com> 
Cc: pve-devel at pve.proxmox.com 
Envoyé: Mardi 2 Septembre 2014 12:27:12 
Objet: RE: [pve-devel] openvswitch not available in proxmox pve-enterprise repo 

> >>solution: fix repositories before trying to install packages? 
> 
> Yes, sure, but I think that many users don't known that ;) 
> 
> 
> maybe create a metapackage : pve-openvswitch which install openvswitch >= 
> 2.0 
> 
> and instruct user to install openvswitch with #apt-get install pve-openvswitch 

I think the easiest solution is to tell users howto configure correct repositories, see: 

https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Package_repositories 

IMHO, adding meta-packages adds more confusion. 

In future, we can think of installing openvswitch by default (add a dependency). We just 
need to make sure that no services are started until enabled by the user.