4. Supported Operating Systems¶
The following Linux* distributions were successfully used to generate or run the Intel® DPDK.
- FreeBSD* 9.2
- Fedora release 18
- Ubuntu* 12.04 LTS
- Wind River* Linux* 5
- Red Hat* Enterprise Linux 6.3
- SUSE Enterprise Linux* 11 SP2
These distributions may need additional packages that are not installed by default, or a specific kernel. Refer to the DPDK Getting Started Guide for details.