Compilation error in oflops with Ubuntu 18.04

util/mininet.sh does not work with Ubuntu 18.04

/bin/bash ./libtool  --tag=CC   --mode=link gcc  -g -O2 -Wall -I/home/tom/workspace/mininet/openflow/include -Wshadow `pkg-config --cflags libconfig`  -L/home/tom/workspace/mininet/openflow/lib `pkg-config --libs libconfig` -o liboflops_test.la -rpath /usr/local/lib test_module.lo msgbuf.lo pcap_track.lo oflops_snmp.lo utils.lo wc_event.lo -lnetsnmp
libtool: link: gcc -g -O2 -Wall -I/home/tom/workspace/mininet/openflow/include -Wshadow -Wl,-E -o oflops channel_info.o context.o control.o module_run.o module_default.o oflops.o oflops_pcap.o timer_event.o msg.o log.o traffic_generator.o usage.o  -L/home/tom/workspace/mininet/openflow/lib -lconfig -ldl -lpcap -lnetsnmp -loflops_test -lpthread
/usr/local/bin/ld: cannot find -loflops_test
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:576: recipe for target 'oflops' failed
make[2]: *** [oflops] Error 1
make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
libtool: link: gcc -shared  -fPIC -DPIC  .libs/test_module.o .libs/msgbuf.o .libs/pcap_track.o .libs/oflops_snmp.o .libs/utils.o .libs/wc_event.o   -L/home/tom/workspace/mininet/openflow/lib -lconfig -lnetsnmp  -g -O2   -Wl,-soname -Wl,liboflops_test.so.0 -o .libs/liboflops_test.so.0.0.0
libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "liboflops_test.so.0" && ln -s "liboflops_test.so.0.0.0" "liboflops_test.so.0")
libtool: link: (cd ".libs" && rm -f "liboflops_test.so" && ln -s "liboflops_test.so.0.0.0" "liboflops_test.so")
libtool: link: ar cru .libs/liboflops_test.a  test_module.o msgbuf.o pcap_track.o oflops_snmp.o utils.o wc_event.o
libtool: link: ranlib .libs/liboflops_test.a
libtool: link: ( cd ".libs" && rm -f "liboflops_test.la" && ln -s "../liboflops_test.la" "liboflops_test.la" )
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/tom/workspace/mininet/oflops'
Makefile:641: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/tom/workspace/mininet/oflops'
Makefile:433: recipe for target 'all' failed
make: *** [all] Error 2

I tried with master, 2.3.0d5 and 2.2.2

[ishitachaturvedi]

I am facing the same issue, was it resolved?

[svenchen90]

Do shown below before installing mininet

$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get upgrade $ sudo apt-get dist-upgrade