How to install, build and use XDP related packages

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There are multiple software packages that need to be downloaded, compiled, and installed for XPD-related code to run

Installing libbpf

1st: install the libelf library
sudo apt-get install -y libelf-dev
2nd: get and install the libbpf related files
export DESTDIR=<installation dir>
export PREFIX=""
git clone https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf.git
cd libbpf
cd src
make install
3rd: get and install the libxpd related files
export DESTDIR=<installation dir>
export PREFIX=""
git clone https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools.git
cd xdp-tools
Follow the instructions in xdp-tools/README.md file for compilation. Note: there is no need to do a git submodule on libbpf.


export DESTDIR=<installation dir>
export PREFIX=""
git clone https://github.com/xdp-project/xdp-tools.git
cd xdp-tools



Clone the repository
git clone --recurse-submodules -b v1.50 --depth 1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/grpc/grpc
Build the package