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5Running VPP
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John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -04008After building the VPP binaries, you now have several images that you have built.
9These images are useful when you need to run VPP without installing the packages.
10For instance if you want to run VPP with GDB.
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John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040012Running Without GDB
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John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040015To run the VPP images that you've built without GDB, run the following commands:
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17Running the release image:
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19.. code-block:: console
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21 # make run-release
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John DeNisco758dc462018-08-13 17:00:06 -040024Running the debug image:
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26.. code-block:: console
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28 # make run
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John DeNiscoce96dda2018-08-14 16:04:09 -040031Running With GDB
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34With the following commands you can run VPP and then be dropped into the GDB prompt.
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36Running the release image:
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38.. code-block:: console
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40 # make debug-release
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43Running the debug image:
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45.. code-block:: console
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47 # make debug
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