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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This is a sample script to build OpenVSwitch for
+# development needs. It is based on
+# http://n40lab.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/centos-6-4-openvswitch-installation/
+
+set -ex
+
+VERSION=1.10.0
+
+sudo yum -y install wget openssl-devel
+sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
+
+rm -f ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/{kmod-openvswitch,openvswitch}*
+
+cd $(mktemp -d)
+wget http://openvswitch.org/releases/openvswitch-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+tar xfz openvswitch-${VERSION}.tar.gz
+cd openvswitch-${VERSION}
+mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES
+cp ../openvswitch-${VERSION}.tar.gz rhel/openvswitch-kmod.files ~/rpmbuild/SOURCES/
+rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch.spec
+rpmbuild -bb rhel/openvswitch-kmod-rhel6.spec
+
+sudo yum -y install ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/*/{kmod-openvswitch,openvswitch}-${VERSION}*.rpm