Styjun

I need to use ip l2tp in OEL6 image from OCI. I am not able to get a newer version of iproute2 since the one i have doesn't have ip l2tp:

Usage: ip [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT help 
 ip [ -force ] -batch filename
where OBJECT := addrlabel 
 OPTIONS := -s[tatistics] 

i have the following version:

rpm -qi iproute
Name : iproute Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version : 2.6.32 Vendor: Oracle America
Release : 57.0.1.el6 Build Date: Tue 01 May 2018 07:11:37 PM GMT
Install Date: Fri 22 Feb 2019 12:50:48 AM GMT Build Host: x86-ol6-builder-04.us.oracle.com
Group : Applications/System Source RPM: iproute-2.6.32-57.0.1.el6.src.rpm
Size : 964229 License: GPLv2+ and Public Domain
Signature : RSA/8, Tue 01 May 2018 07:11:56 PM GMT, Key ID 72f97b74ec551f03
URL : http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/iproute2
Summary : Advanced IP routing and network device configuration tools
Description :
The iproute package contains networking utilities (ip and rtmon, for
example) which are designed to use the advanced networking
capabilities of the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel.

i upgraded all the packages:

yum update
Loaded plugins: security, ulninfo
Setting up Update Process
No Packages marked for Update

I downloaded the newest version of iproute2:
wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/net/iproute2/iproute2-5.0.0.tar.gz

and i tried to compile it:

make

lib
 CC libgenl.o
In file included from ../include/uapi/linux/kernel.h:5,
 from ../include/uapi/linux/netlink.h:5,
 from ../include/uapi/linux/genetlink.h:6,
 from libgenl.c:10:
../include/uapi/linux/sysinfo.h:9: error: expected specifier-qualifier-list before ‘__kernel_long_t’
make[1]: *** [libgenl.o] Error 1
make: *** [all] Error 2

searching for the error i stumbled upon this:
https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/843454/

Any ideas how to get iproute2?

thank you,
C.

Here's a fast way to get it upgraded.

1. Look at the current version:

$ ip -V
ip utility, iproute2-ss091226

2. Create a new file referencing the OL6 OpenStack 1.0 repo and add the repo (here are the contents that I used):

$ cat /etc/yum.repos.d/oracle-openstack-ol6.repo
[ol6_openstack10]
name=Oracle Linux $releasever OpenStack 1.0 ($basearch)
baseurl=http://yum$ociregion.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL6/openstack10/$basearch/
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-oracle
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1

3. Run sudo yum update (you should see iproute it in the list of updated packages)


4. Validate that the version was changed:

$ ip -V
ip utility, iproute2-ss130221

5. Finally, you can check to see if l2tp is listed now (mine has it - copied below):

$ ip
Usage: ip [ OPTIONS ] OBJECT help 
 ip [ -force ] -batch filename
where OBJECT := l2tp 
 OPTIONS := -V[ersion]