Re: xdp2 on ubuntu-24.04.3-live-server-amd64?

Package versions

das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
gcc-multilib pkg-config bison flex libboost-all-dev libpcap-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
build-essential is already the newest version (12.10ubuntu1).
gcc-multilib is already the newest version (4:13.2.0-7ubuntu1).
pkg-config is already the newest version (1.8.1-2build1).
bison is already the newest version (2:3.8.2+dfsg-1build2).
flex is already the newest version (2.6.4-8.2build1).
libboost-all-dev is already the newest version (1.83.0.1ubuntu2).
libpcap-dev is already the newest version (1.10.4-4.1ubuntu3).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$ sudo apt-get install -y graphviz
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
graphviz is already the newest version (2.42.2-9ubuntu0.1).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$ sudo apt-get install -y libelf-dev clang
llvm libbpf-dev linux-tools-$(uname -r)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
libelf-dev is already the newest version (0.190-1.1ubuntu0.1).
clang is already the newest version (1:18.0-59~exp2).
llvm is already the newest version (1:18.0-59~exp2).
libbpf-dev is already the newest version (1:1.3.0-2build2).
linux-tools-6.8.0-84-generic is already the newest version (6.8.0-84.84).
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$ ./configure


Platform is default
Architecture is x86_64
Architecture includes for x86_64 not found, using generic
Target Architecture is
COMPILER is gcc
Clang library missing or broken!
das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$

On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 3:26=E2=80=AFPM dave seddon <[email protected]=
om> wrote:
>
> G'day Tom,
>
> I hope you are doing well.
>
>
> I've been trying to get xdp2 working on nixOS and it's been quite a
> journey because of both gcc and clang/llvm.  I'm getting pretty close
> now, but I suspect I'm getting segfaults with the xdp2-compiler
> because of versions of compilers and libraries xdp2 is expecting. (
> Let's not discuss nix for now though )
>
>
> With the intention of compiling xdp2 on a more "normal" distribution,
> I tried following the instructions in the readme.md (
> https://github.com/xdp2-dev/xdp2/blob/main/README.md#prerequisites )
> on a completely fresh ubuntu-24.04.3-live-server-amd64.
>
> To my surprise, I'm getting "Clang library missing or broken!"
>
> "
> das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$ ./configure
>
>
> Platform is default
> Architecture is x86_64
> Architecture includes for x86_64 not found, using generic
> Target Architecture is
> COMPILER is gcc
> Clang library missing or broken!
> das@ubuntu2204:~/xdp2/src$
> "
>
> I guess I'm unclear which distribution system xdp2 expects.  Maybe
> Debian?  Which version please?
>
> I'd love to know which versions of gcc, clang, python, boost are
> recommended please.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> --
> Regards,
> Dave Seddon



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Regards,
Dave Seddon
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