dpdk-and-pktgen-x86-install.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash
# Installs DPDK and Pktgen on an x86 machine

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libnuma-dev python3-pyelftools
sudo apt install meson ninja-build
sudo apt install liblua5.3-dev

cd /opt
wget https://fast.dpdk.org/rel/dpdk-20.11.1.tar.xz
tar -xJvf dpdk-20.11.1.tar.xz
cd dpdk-stable-20.11.1
export RTE_SDK=/opt/dpdk-stable-20.11.1
export RTE_TARGET=x86_64-native-linuxapp-gcc
meson -Dexamples=all build
ninja -C build
ninja -C build install
ldconfig

cd ..
wget https://git.dpdk.org/apps/pktgen-dpdk/snapshot/pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-21.02.0.tar.xz
tar -xJvf pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-21.02.0.tar.xz
cd pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-21.02.0
sudo make buildlua

cd /opt/pktgen-dpdk-pktgen-21.02.0/Builddir
sudo ninja install

cd ~

echo 1024 | sudo tee /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages