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INSTALL.Debian: Update instructions related to package ordering.
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If we install the userspace packages first, without a kernel module
present in the correct path, we get an error because package install
automatically tries to start the userspace daemons and we look for
a kernel module to load.

Installing a kernel module package first and then following it by
userspace package sounds like the correct way to do it. This change
in ordering helps my next commit.

Signed-off-by: Gurucharan Shetty <[email protected]>
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You must be superuser to install Debian packages.

1. Start by installing the "openvswitch-switch" and
"openvswitch-common" packages. These packages include the core
userspace components of the switch.

2. Install an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways to
do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are:
1. Start by installing an Open vSwitch kernel module. There are multiple ways
to do this. In order of increasing manual effort, these are:

* Use a Linux kernel 3.3 or later, which has an integrated Open
vSwitch kernel module.
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* Build and install the kernel module by hand.

2. Install the "openvswitch-switch" and "openvswitch-common" packages.
These packages include the core userspace components of the switch.


Open vSwitch .deb packages not mentioned above are rarely useful.
Please refer to their individual package descriptions to find out
whether any of them are useful to you.
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