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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Mininet install script for Ubuntu (and Debian Lenny)
+# Brandon Heller (brandonh@stanford.edu)
+
+# Fail on error
+set -e
+
+# Fail on unset var usage
+set -o nounset
+
+# Location of CONFIG_NET_NS-enabled kernel(s)
+KERNEL_LOC=http://www.openflow.org/downloads/mininet
+
+# Attempt to identify Linux release
+
+DIST=Unknown
+RELEASE=Unknown
+CODENAME=Unknown
+ARCH=`uname -m`
+if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then ARCH="amd64"; fi
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then ARCH="i386"; fi
+
+test -e /etc/debian_version && DIST="Debian"
+grep Ubuntu /etc/lsb-release &> /dev/null && DIST="Ubuntu"
+if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] || [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ]; then
+    install='sudo apt-get -y install'
+    remove='sudo apt-get -y remove'
+    pkginst='sudo dpkg -i'
+    # Prereqs for this script
+    if ! which lsb_release &> /dev/null; then
+        $install lsb-release
+    fi
+    if ! which bc &> /dev/null; then
+        $install bc
+    fi
+fi
+if which lsb_release &> /dev/null; then
+    DIST=`lsb_release -is`
+    RELEASE=`lsb_release -rs`
+    CODENAME=`lsb_release -cs`
+fi
+echo "Detected Linux distribution: $DIST $RELEASE $CODENAME $ARCH"
+
+# Kernel params
+
+if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ]; then
+    if [ "$RELEASE" = "10.04" ]; then
+        KERNEL_NAME='3.0.0-15-generic'
+    else
+        KERNEL_NAME=`uname -r`
+    fi
+    KERNEL_HEADERS=linux-headers-${KERNEL_NAME}
+elif [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ] && [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ] && [ "$CODENAME" = "lenny" ]; then
+    KERNEL_NAME=2.6.33.1-mininet
+    KERNEL_HEADERS=linux-headers-${KERNEL_NAME}_${KERNEL_NAME}-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
+    KERNEL_IMAGE=linux-image-${KERNEL_NAME}_${KERNEL_NAME}-10.00.Custom_i386.deb
+else
+    echo "Install.sh currently only supports Ubuntu and Debian Lenny i386."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# More distribution info
+DIST_LC=`echo $DIST | tr [A-Z] [a-z]` # as lower case
+
+# Kernel Deb pkg to be removed:
+KERNEL_IMAGE_OLD=linux-image-2.6.26-33-generic
+
+DRIVERS_DIR=/lib/modules/${KERNEL_NAME}/kernel/drivers/net
+
+OVS_RELEASE=1.4.0
+OVS_PACKAGE_LOC=https://github.com/downloads/mininet/mininet
+OVS_BUILDSUFFIX=-ignore # was -2
+OVS_PACKAGE_NAME=ovs-$OVS_RELEASE-core-$DIST_LC-$RELEASE-$ARCH$OVS_BUILDSUFFIX.tar
+OVS_SRC=~/openvswitch
+OVS_TAG=v$OVS_RELEASE
+OVS_BUILD=$OVS_SRC/build-$KERNEL_NAME
+OVS_KMODS=($OVS_BUILD/datapath/linux/{openvswitch_mod.ko,brcompat_mod.ko})
+
+function kernel {
+    echo "Install Mininet-compatible kernel if necessary"
+    sudo apt-get update
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] &&  [ "$RELEASE" = "10.04" ]; then
+        $install linux-image-$KERNEL_NAME
+    elif [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ]; then
+        # The easy approach: download pre-built linux-image and linux-headers packages:
+        wget -c $KERNEL_LOC/$KERNEL_HEADERS
+        wget -c $KERNEL_LOC/$KERNEL_IMAGE
+
+        # Install custom linux headers and image:
+        $pkginst $KERNEL_IMAGE $KERNEL_HEADERS
+
+        # The next two steps are to work around a bug in newer versions of
+        # kernel-package, which fails to add initrd images with the latest kernels.
+        # See http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=525032
+        # Generate initrd image if the .deb didn't install it:
+        if ! test -e /boot/initrd.img-${KERNEL_NAME}; then
+            sudo update-initramfs -c -k ${KERNEL_NAME}
+        fi
+
+        # Ensure /boot/grub/menu.lst boots with initrd image:
+        sudo update-grub
+
+        # The default should be the new kernel. Otherwise, you may need to modify
+        # /boot/grub/menu.lst to set the default to the entry corresponding to the
+        # kernel you just installed.
+    fi
+}
+
+function kernel_clean {
+    echo "Cleaning kernel..."
+
+    # To save disk space, remove previous kernel
+    if ! $remove $KERNEL_IMAGE_OLD; then
+        echo $KERNEL_IMAGE_OLD not installed.
+    fi
+
+    # Also remove downloaded packages:
+    rm -f ~/linux-headers-* ~/linux-image-*
+}
+
+# Install Mininet deps
+function mn_deps {
+    echo "Installing Mininet dependencies"
+    $install gcc make screen psmisc xterm ssh iperf iproute telnet \
+        python-setuptools python-networkx cgroup-bin ethtool help2man \
+        pyflakes pylint pep8
+
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] && [ "$RELEASE" = "10.04" ]; then
+        echo "Upgrading networkx to avoid deprecation warning"
+        sudo easy_install --upgrade networkx
+    fi
+
+    # Add sysctl parameters as noted in the INSTALL file to increase kernel
+    # limits to support larger setups:
+    sudo su -c "cat $HOME/mininet/util/sysctl_addon >> /etc/sysctl.conf"
+
+    # Load new sysctl settings:
+    sudo sysctl -p
+
+    echo "Installing Mininet core"
+    pushd ~/mininet
+    sudo make install
+    popd
+}
+
+# The following will cause a full OF install, covering:
+# -user switch
+# The instructions below are an abbreviated version from
+# http://www.openflowswitch.org/wk/index.php/Debian_Install
+# ... modified to use Debian Lenny rather than unstable.
+function of {
+    echo "Installing OpenFlow reference implementation..."
+    cd ~/
+    $install git-core autoconf automake autotools-dev pkg-config \
+		make gcc libtool libc6-dev
+    git clone git://openflowswitch.org/openflow.git
+    cd ~/openflow
+
+    # Patch controller to handle more than 16 switches
+    patch -p1 < ~/mininet/util/openflow-patches/controller.patch
+
+    # Resume the install:
+    ./boot.sh
+    ./configure
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+    # Remove avahi-daemon, which may cause unwanted discovery packets to be
+    # sent during tests, near link status changes:
+    $remove avahi-daemon
+
+    # Disable IPv6.  Add to /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist:
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ]; then
+        BLACKLIST=/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
+    else
+        BLACKLIST=/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist
+    fi
+    sudo sh -c "echo 'blacklist net-pf-10\nblacklist ipv6' >> $BLACKLIST"
+    cd ~
+}
+
+function wireshark {
+    echo "Installing Wireshark dissector..."
+
+    sudo apt-get install -y wireshark libgtk2.0-dev
+
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] && [ "$RELEASE" != "10.04" ]; then
+        # Install newer version
+        sudo apt-get install -y scons mercurial libglib2.0-dev
+        sudo apt-get install -y libwiretap-dev libwireshark-dev
+        cd ~
+        hg clone https://bitbucket.org/barnstorm/of-dissector
+        cd of-dissector/src
+        export WIRESHARK=/usr/include/wireshark
+        scons
+        # libwireshark0/ on 11.04; libwireshark1/ on later
+        WSDIR=`ls -d /usr/lib/wireshark/libwireshark* | head -1`
+        WSPLUGDIR=$WSDIR/plugins/
+        sudo cp openflow.so $WSPLUGDIR
+        echo "Copied openflow plugin to $WSPLUGDIR"
+    else
+        # Install older version from reference source
+        cd ~/openflow/utilities/wireshark_dissectors/openflow
+        make
+        sudo make install
+    fi
+
+    # Copy coloring rules: OF is white-on-blue:
+    mkdir -p ~/.wireshark
+    cp ~/mininet/util/colorfilters ~/.wireshark
+}
+
+
+# Install Open vSwitch
+# Instructions derived from OVS INSTALL, INSTALL.OpenFlow and README files.
+
+function ovs {
+    echo "Installing Open vSwitch..."
+
+    # Required for module build/dkms install
+    $install $KERNEL_HEADERS
+
+    ovspresent=0
+
+    # First see if we have packages
+    # XXX wget -c seems to fail from github/amazon s3
+    cd /tmp
+    if wget $OVS_PACKAGE_LOC/$OVS_PACKAGE_NAME 2> /dev/null; then
+	$install patch dkms fakeroot python-argparse
+        tar xf $OVS_PACKAGE_NAME
+        orig=`tar tf $OVS_PACKAGE_NAME`
+        # Now install packages in reasonable dependency order
+        order='dkms common pki openvswitch-switch brcompat controller'
+        pkgs=""
+        for p in $order; do
+            pkg=`echo "$orig" | grep $p`
+	    # Annoyingly, things seem to be missing without this flag
+            $pkginst --force-confmiss $pkg
+        done
+        ovspresent=1
+    fi
+
+    # Otherwise try distribution's OVS packages
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] && [ `expr $RELEASE '>=' 11.10` = 1 ]; then
+        if ! dpkg --get-selections | grep openvswitch-datapath; then
+            # If you've already installed a datapath, assume you
+            # know what you're doing and don't need dkms datapath.
+            # Otherwise, install it.
+            $install openvswitch-datapath-dkms
+        fi
+	if $install openvswitch-switch openvswitch-controller; then
+            echo "Ignoring error installing openvswitch-controller"
+        fi
+        ovspresent=1
+    fi
+
+    # Switch can run on its own, but
+    # Mininet should control the controller
+    if [ -e /etc/init.d/openvswitch-controller ]; then
+        if sudo service openvswitch-controller stop; then
+            echo "Stopped running controller"
+        fi
+        sudo update-rc.d openvswitch-controller disable
+    fi
+
+    if [ $ovspresent = 1 ]; then
+        echo "Done (hopefully) installing packages"
+        cd ~
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Otherwise attempt to install from source
+
+    $install pkg-config gcc make python-dev libssl-dev libtool
+
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ]; then
+        if [ "$CODENAME" = "lenny" ]; then
+            $install git-core
+            # Install Autoconf 2.63+ backport from Debian Backports repo:
+            # Instructions from http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=instructions
+            sudo su -c "echo 'deb http://www.backports.org/debian lenny-backports main contrib non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"
+            sudo apt-get update
+            sudo apt-get -y --force-yes install debian-backports-keyring
+            sudo apt-get -y --force-yes -t lenny-backports install autoconf
+        fi
+    else
+        $install git
+    fi
+
+    # Install OVS from release
+    cd ~/
+    git clone git://openvswitch.org/openvswitch $OVS_SRC
+    cd $OVS_SRC
+    git checkout $OVS_TAG
+    ./boot.sh
+    BUILDDIR=/lib/modules/${KERNEL_NAME}/build
+    if [ ! -e $BUILDDIR ]; then
+        echo "Creating build sdirectory $BUILDDIR"
+        sudo mkdir -p $BUILDDIR
+    fi
+    opts="--with-linux=$BUILDDIR"
+    mkdir -p $OVS_BUILD
+    cd $OVS_BUILD
+    ../configure $opts
+    make
+    sudo make install
+
+    modprobe
+}
+
+function remove_ovs {
+    pkgs=`dpkg --get-selections | grep openvswitch | awk '{ print $1;}'`
+    echo "Removing existing Open vSwitch packages:"
+    echo $pkgs
+    if ! $remove $pkgs; then
+        echo "Not all packages removed correctly"
+    fi
+    # For some reason this doesn't happen
+    if scripts=`ls /etc/init.d/*openvswitch* 2>/dev/null`; then
+        echo $scripts
+        for s in $scripts; do
+            s=$(basename $s)
+            echo SCRIPT $s
+            sudo service $s stop
+            sudo rm -f /etc/init.d/$s
+            sudo update-rc.d -f $s remove
+        done
+    fi
+    echo "Done removing OVS"
+}
+
+# Install NOX with tutorial files
+function nox {
+    echo "Installing NOX w/tutorial files..."
+
+    # Install NOX deps:
+    $install autoconf automake g++ libtool python python-twisted \
+		swig libssl-dev make
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ]; then
+        $install libboost1.35-dev
+    elif [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ]; then
+        $install python-dev libboost-dev
+        $install libboost-filesystem-dev
+        $install libboost-test-dev
+    fi
+    # Install NOX optional deps:
+    $install libsqlite3-dev python-simplejson
+
+    # Fetch NOX destiny
+    cd ~/
+    git clone https://github.com/noxrepo/nox-classic.git noxcore
+    cd noxcore
+    if ! git checkout -b destiny remotes/origin/destiny ; then
+        echo "Did not check out a new destiny branch - assuming current branch is destiny"
+    fi
+
+    # Apply patches
+    git checkout -b tutorial-destiny
+    git am ~/mininet/util/nox-patches/*tutorial-port-nox-destiny*.patch
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Ubuntu" ] && [ `expr $RELEASE '>=' 12.04` = 1 ]; then
+        git am ~/mininet/util/nox-patches/*nox-ubuntu12-hacks.patch
+    fi
+
+    # Build
+    ./boot.sh
+    mkdir build
+    cd build
+    ../configure
+    make -j3
+    #make check
+
+    # Add NOX_CORE_DIR env var:
+    sed -i -e 's|# for examples$|&\nexport NOX_CORE_DIR=~/noxcore/build/src|' ~/.bashrc
+
+    # To verify this install:
+    #cd ~/noxcore/build/src
+    #./nox_core -v -i ptcp:
+}
+
+# "Install" POX
+function pox {
+    echo "Installing POX into $HOME/pox..."
+    cd ~
+    git clone https://github.com/noxrepo/pox.git
+}
+
+# Install OFtest
+function oftest {
+    echo "Installing oftest..."
+
+    # Install deps:
+    $install tcpdump python-scapy
+
+    # Install oftest:
+    cd ~/
+    git clone git://github.com/floodlight/oftest
+    cd oftest
+    cd tools/munger
+    sudo make install
+}
+
+# Install cbench
+function cbench {
+    echo "Installing cbench..."
+
+    $install libsnmp-dev libpcap-dev libconfig-dev
+    cd ~/
+    git clone git://openflow.org/oflops.git
+    cd oflops
+    sh boot.sh || true # possible error in autoreconf, so run twice
+    sh boot.sh
+    ./configure --with-openflow-src-dir=$HOME/openflow
+    make
+    sudo make install || true # make install fails; force past this
+}
+
+function other {
+    echo "Doing other setup tasks..."
+
+    # Enable command auto completion using sudo; modify ~/.bashrc:
+    sed -i -e 's|# for examples$|&\ncomplete -cf sudo|' ~/.bashrc
+
+    # Install tcpdump and tshark, cmd-line packet dump tools.  Also install gitk,
+    # a graphical git history viewer.
+    $install tcpdump tshark gitk
+
+    # Install common text editors
+    $install vim nano emacs
+
+    # Install NTP
+    $install ntp
+
+    # Set git to colorize everything.
+    git config --global color.diff auto
+    git config --global color.status auto
+    git config --global color.branch auto
+
+    # Reduce boot screen opt-out delay. Modify timeout in /boot/grub/menu.lst to 1:
+    if [ "$DIST" = "Debian" ]; then
+        sudo sed -i -e 's/^timeout.*$/timeout         1/' /boot/grub/menu.lst
+    fi
+
+    # Clean unneeded debs:
+    rm -f ~/linux-headers-* ~/linux-image-*
+}
+
+# Script to copy built OVS kernel module to where modprobe will
+# find them automatically.  Removes the need to keep an environment variable
+# for insmod usage, and works nicely with multiple kernel versions.
+#
+# The downside is that after each recompilation of OVS you'll need to
+# re-run this script.  If you're using only one kernel version, then it may be
+# a good idea to use a symbolic link in place of the copy below.
+function modprobe {
+    echo "Setting up modprobe for OVS kmod..."
+
+    sudo cp $OVS_KMODS $DRIVERS_DIR
+    sudo depmod -a ${KERNEL_NAME}
+}
+
+function all {
+    echo "Running all commands..."
+    kernel
+    mn_deps
+    of
+    wireshark
+    ovs
+    # NOX-classic is deprecated, but you can install it manually if desired.
+    # nox
+    pox
+    oftest
+    cbench
+    other
+    echo "Please reboot, then run ./mininet/util/install.sh -c to remove unneeded packages."
+    echo "Enjoy Mininet!"
+}
+
+# Restore disk space and remove sensitive files before shipping a VM.
+function vm_clean {
+    echo "Cleaning VM..."
+    sudo apt-get clean
+    sudo rm -rf /tmp/*
+    sudo rm -rf openvswitch*.tar.gz
+
+    # Remove sensistive files
+    history -c  # note this won't work if you have multiple bash sessions
+    rm -f ~/.bash_history  # need to clear in memory and remove on disk
+    rm -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa* ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    sudo rm -f ~/.ssh/authorized_keys*
+
+    # Remove Mininet files
+    #sudo rm -f /lib/modules/python2.5/site-packages/mininet*
+    #sudo rm -f /usr/bin/mnexec
+
+    # Clear optional dev script for SSH keychain load on boot
+    rm -f ~/.bash_profile
+
+    # Clear git changes
+    git config --global user.name "None"
+    git config --global user.email "None"
+
+    # Remove mininet install script
+    rm -f install-mininet.sh
+}
+
+function usage {
+    printf 'Usage: %s [-acdfhkmntvxy]\n\n' $(basename $0) >&2
+
+    printf 'This install script attempts to install useful packages\n' >&2
+    printf 'for Mininet. It should (hopefully) work on Ubuntu 10.04, 11.10\n' >&2
+    printf 'and Debian 5.0 (Lenny). If you run into trouble, try\n' >&2
+    printf 'installing one thing at a time, and looking at the \n' >&2
+    printf 'specific installation function in this script.\n\n' >&2
+
+    printf 'options:\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -a: (default) install (A)ll packages - good luck!\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -b: install controller (B)enchmark (oflops)\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -c: (C)lean up after kernel install\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -d: (D)elete some sensitive files from a VM image\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -f: install open(F)low\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -h: print this (H)elp message\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -k: install new (K)ernel\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -m: install Open vSwitch kernel (M)odule from source dir\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -n: install mini(N)et dependencies + core files\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -r: remove existing Open vSwitch packages\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -t: install o(T)her stuff\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -v: install open (V)switch\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -w: install OpenFlow (w)ireshark dissector\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -x: install NO(X) OpenFlow controller\n' >&2
+    printf -- ' -y: install (A)ll packages\n' >&2
+
+    exit 2
+}
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+then
+    all
+else
+    while getopts 'abcdfhkmnprtvwx' OPTION
+    do
+      case $OPTION in
+      a)    all;;
+      b)    cbench;;
+      c)    kernel_clean;;
+      d)    vm_clean;;
+      f)    of;;
+      h)    usage;;
+      k)    kernel;;
+      m)    modprobe;;
+      n)    mn_deps;;
+      p)    pox;;
+      r)    remove_ovs;;
+      t)    other;;
+      v)    ovs;;
+      w)    wireshark;;
+      x)    nox;;
+      ?)    usage;;
+      esac
+    done
+    shift $(($OPTIND - 1))
+fi