<secondary>from source</secondary>
<tertiary>prerequisites</tertiary>
</indexterm>Overview and Prerequisites</title>
- <para>To install Lustre from source code, the following are required:</para>
+ <para>To install the Lustre software from source code, the following are required:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>A x86_64 machine with a fresh installation of a Linux operating system.</para>
<para>(Recommended) Access to a recent version of <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:href="http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL">EPEL</link> containing the
<literal>quilt</literal> utility used for managing a series of patches. </para>
- <note><para>The use of <literal>quilt</literal> is optional for building Lustre, and is detected at configure time if it is installed. Otherwise the <literal>patch</literal> utility is used to apply <literal>ldiskfs</literal> patches to the kernel source. Quilt is useful if you intend to modify the Lustre kernel patches.</para></note>
+ <note><para>The use of <literal>quilt</literal> is optional for building the Lustre software, and is
+ detected at configure time if it is installed. Otherwise the <literal>patch</literal>
+ utility is used to apply <literal>ldiskfs</literal> patches to the kernel source. Quilt
+ is useful if you intend to modify the Lustre kernel patches.</para></note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><emphasis role="italic">(Recommended)</emphasis> At least 1 GB memory on the machine
(Optional)</title>
<para>When using third-party network hardware, you must follow a specific process to install
and recompile the Lustre software. This section provides an installation example that shows
- how to build Lustre release 2.4.x when using the OpenFabrics Enterprise Distribution (OFED*)
- version 3.5-1 open-source software. The same process can be used for other third-party
- network stacks by replacing the OFED installation procedure and using the appropriate
- <literal>--with</literal> option when configuring the Lustre source code.<orderedlist>
+ how to build Lustre software release 2.4.x when using the OpenFabrics Enterprise
+ Distribution (OFED*) version 3.5-1 open-source software. The same process can be used for
+ other third-party network stacks by replacing the OFED installation procedure and using the
+ appropriate <literal>--with</literal> option when configuring the Lustre source code.<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Install the Lustre kernel (see <xref xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
linkend="InstallingLustreKernel"/>).</para>