libssl is installed, then Open vSwitch will automatically build
with support for it.
+ - libcap-ng, written by Steve Grubb, is optional but recommended. It
+ is required to run OVS daemons as a non-root user with dropped root
+ privileges. If libcap-ng is installed, then Open vSwitch will
+ automatically build with support for it.
+
- Python 2.7.
On Linux, you may choose to compile the kernel module that comes with
- clang, version 3.4 or later
+ - flake8 (for Python code)
+
Also, you may find the ovs-dev script found in utilities/ovs-dev.py useful.
Installation Requirements