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Centos/Redhat/Fedora can be very tedious task. But If you follow my Steps given below you can
setup and run GNS3 without any difficulty. Since Qt 4.5.1 binary which is required for GNS3 is not
available for these OS's, we'll have to compile it from the source.
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First we'll have to install dependencies

[user@admin ~]$ su Configure Vmware to work with GNS3.

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[root@admin /]# yum install python python-devel xorg-x11-proto-devel libXext-devel

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[root@admin /]# yum install gcc-c++
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Now we'll download and install Qt4 On Sep 28 cyberwiz2010 commented on
emulate asa in gns3 on: “Please recheck the Asa
[root@admin /]#cd /tmp Preference settings in GNS3. Press enter 2-3
times in Console. If you get #…”
[root@admin tmp#wget http://ftp.uludag.org.tr/pub/source/2009/qt-x11-opensource-src-
4.5.1.tar.gz On Sep 28 Mjerodd commented on emulate asa
in gns3 on: “Hi. Thanks for the detailed
[root@admin tmp]#tar xzf qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1.tar.gz instructions. I seem to make it all the way
through with no errors…”
[root@admin tmp]# cd qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1
On Sep 27 cyberwiz2010 commented on
[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#./configure -nomake examples -nomake demos -qt- emulate asa in gns3 on: “Please check your
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[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#gmake <====This might take 2-3 hrs.
On Sep 26 emr7 commented on emulate asa in
[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#gmake install <====Another 30 mins or so gns3 on: “Hi cyberwiz2010, I am getting the
following error; gzip: asa802-k8.gz: not in gzip
[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#PATH=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.5.1/bin:$PATH format”
[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#export PATH On Sep 26 LB commented on tutorial how to
install gns3 on: “Thank you very much it works
like a magic on first go Awesome”
Next we'll install SIP
[root@admin qt-x11-opensource-src-4.5.1]#cd .. Related Posts

[root@admin tmp]#wget http://ftp.uludag.org.tr/pub/source/2009/sip-4.8.1.tar.gz All About GNS3

[root@admin tmp]#tar xzf sip-4.8.1.tar.gz Configure Vmware to work with GNS3.

[root@admin tmp]#cd sip-4.8.1
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[root@admin sip-4.8.1]#python configure.py
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[root@admin sip-4.8.1]#make
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[root@admin sip-4.8.1]#make install for GNS3.

Next we'll Install PyQt4 Archives

[root@admin sip-4.8.1]#cd ..
Archives
[root@admin tmp]#wget http://ftp.uludag.org.tr/pub/source/2009/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.2.tar.gz
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[root@admin tmp]#tar xzf PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.2.tar.gz

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[root@admin tmp]#tar xzf PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.2.tar.gz

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[root@admin opt]#tar -xjvf GNS3-0.7 .2-src.tar.bz2 && rm GNS3-0.7 .2-src.tar.bz2

[root@admin opt]#mv GNS3-0.7 .2-src /opt/GNS3

Create the following directories:

These directories will be used by GNS3 – such as projects – where your working projects will be
stored, cache, temp, IOS images, etc.

[root@admin opt]#cd /opt/GNS3

[root@admin GNS3]#mkdir Dynamips
[root@admin GNS3]#mkdir IOS
[root@admin GNS3]#mkdir Project
[root@admin GNS3]#mkdir Cache
[root@admin GNS3]#mkdir tmp
[root@admin GNS3]#chmod o+rw -R ./Project
[root@admin GNS3]#chmod o+rw -R ./tmp
[root@admin GNS3]#chmod o+rw -R ./IOS

Download binary of dynamips and make it executable

[root@admin GNS3]#cd Dynamips

[root@admin Dynamips ]#wget http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/dynamips/dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-

x86.bin

[root@admin Dynamips ]#chmod +x ./dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-x86.bin

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[root@admin Dynamips ]#wget http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/dynamips/dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-
amd64.bin
[root@admin Dynamips ]#chmod +x ./dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-amd64.bin

You can create a desktop shortcut by right-clicking on the desktop and select “Create
Launcher..”, Name it GNS3 and in the command section type in

python "/opt/GNS3/gns3"

Double click to open GNS3 and we will edit the default settings. If you don’t want to use desktop
icons you can create a launcher from your programs menu by right clicking on the Main Menu,
selecting Edit Menu. Select New Item on the right and you will be presented with the same
window where you type in the above. From there you can move the launcher into any menu
section of your choice.

Fire up GNS3
* Go to edit | preferences and in the ‘Terminal command:’ section type in:
gnome-terminal -t %d -e 'telnet %h %p' > /dev/null 2>&1 &

* Under ‘Paths’ change the ‘Project directory:’ to

/opt/GNS3/Project
and the ‘IOS/PIX directory:’ to
/opt/GNS3/IOS

* Click on Dynamips tab on the left

For the ‘Executable path:’ type in
/opt/GNS3/Dynamips/dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-x86.bin

* Change the ‘Working directory:’ to

/opt/GNS3/tmp
Click on the Capture tab on the left

* For the ‘Working directory for capture files:’ change it to

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After you have done all that, you will be able to Open and Save your GNS3 projects properly and
have an efficient setup for GNS3. In order to use the devices in GNS3 you must obtain our own
IOS images from Cisco or http://networkingtips-tricks.blogspot.com/2010/03/cisco-
ios-collection-for-gns3-and.html

Hope this tutorial will help you guys to setup and run GNS3 on your Linux system.

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LB 2 day s ago

Thank y ou very much it works like a magic on first go Awesome

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Sbrodeur63 1 week ago

Hi,

This is the most accurate tutorial that I have seen on this subject.

Just want to know if somebody have seen this error when installing on Centos 5.5

[root@samba Py Qt-x11-gpl-4.5.2]# py thon configure.py

Determining the lay out of y our Qt installation...
Error: Make sure y ou have a working Qt v4 qmake on y our PATH or use the -q
argument to explicitly specify a working Qt v4 qmake.

Does somebody knows how to fix this?

Thanks
Stephane

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Naresh 1 week ago

Mate, if y ou are getting that error, y ou haven't followed my steps properly , You'll need qt-x11-
opensource-src-4.5.1 package. Please check the installation steps under the heading Now we'll
download and install Qt4. If y ou still face any problem let me know.

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Yipikaia 1 week ago

hi naresh,
thanks for the guidance above, but i got a small problem and hopefully y ou can help me.

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i'm using centos as well and followed y our instruction exactly without any errors.

i'm able to run gns3 but the problem is I alway s got "failed to start Dy namips" when i clicked the Test
button on GNS3's Dy namips.
fy i, if i run dy namips manually from CLI ($ dy namips -H 7200), it worked.
any idea how to solve this problem? I couldn't find any similar solution from google/hacki, mostly for
windows and it's only the path problem but i'm hundred percent sure that the path is correct and also
the permission is open/granted for the user.

thanks in advance

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Naresh 1 week ago

Please recall if y ou had made dy namips executable by executing this command chmod +x
./dy namips-0.2.8-RC2-x86.bin, if not do it now. Also try running gns3 as root. If y ou still face
problem please let me know.

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Yipikaia 1 week ago

hi cy berwiz,

y es i did that (chmod +x), here's the list:

[root@zimbra Dy namips]# ls -l
total 928
-rwxr-xr-x 1 tara users 943340 Sep 20 23:29 dy namips-0.2.8-RC2-x86.bin

i also tried running gns3 as root but still got the "failed to start dy namips" status.
if i directly drag the c3600 icon, i got this error: "Can't connect to the hy pervisor on port
7200: (-2, 'Name or service not known')". is that error because the dy namips failed to run?
thank u, appreciate y our help.

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Naresh 1 week ago

Yes this error relates to dy namips, Please check If y ou are using centos 64 bit, if y es,
y ou'll need http://www.ipflow.utc.fr/dy namips/dy namips-0.2.8-RC2-amd64.bin.
Also try disabling selinux and firewall before running gns3. One more solution is to
check that y ou don't have multiple py thon installed by running rpm -qa | grep
py thon, if so uninstall the older version. If y ou still have face problem please let me
know.

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Yipikaia 1 week ago

hi again,

i'm using 32 bit and firewall and selinux is already disabled since the beginning
of OS installation.
regarding the py thon.. :
[root@zimbra ~]# rpm -qa | grep py thon
py thon-virtinst-0.400.3-9.el5
gnome-py thon2-bonobo-2.16.0-1.fc6
gnome-py thon2-extras-2.14.2-7.el5
gnome-py thon2-gnomekey ring-2.16.0-3.el5
notify -py thon-0.1.0-3.fc6
py thon-elementtree-1.2.6-5
gnome-py thon2-canvas-2.16.0-1.fc6
gnome-py thon2-libegg-2.14.2-7.el5
py thon-sqlite-1.1.7-1.2.1
py thon-ldap-2.2.0-2.1
libvirt-py thon-0.6.3-33.el5_5.1
py thon-2.4.3-27.el5
py thon-devel-2.4.3-27.el5
gnome-py thon2-desktop-2.16.0-3.el5
gnome-py thon2-gnomeprint-2.16.0-3.el5
py thon-iniparse-0.2.3-4.el5
My SQL-py thon-1.2.1-1
py thon-imaging-1.1.6-2.el5.rf
audit-libs-py thon-1.7.17-3.el5
libxslt-py thon-1.1.17-2.el5_2.2
gnome-py thon2-gtksourceview-2.16.0-3.el5
gamin-py thon-0.1.7-8.el5
mod_py thon-3.2.8-3.1
gnome-py thon2-2.16.0-1.fc6
gnome-py thon2-gconf-2.16.0-1.fc6

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py thon-numeric-23.7-2.2.2
gnome-py thon2-gnomevfs-2.16.0-1.fc6
libselinux-py thon-1.33.4-5.5.el5
dbus-py thon-0.70-9.el5_4
rpm-py thon-4.4.2.3-18.el5
gnome-py thon2-applet-2.16.0-3.el5
gtk-vnc-py thon-0.3.8-3.el5
gnome-py thon2-gtkhtml2-2.14.2-7.el5
py thon-urlgrabber-3.1.0-5.el5
[root@zimbra ~]#

could that be one of the py thon conflict?

thanks bro!
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Naresh 1 week ago

py thon installation seems to be OK. Can y ou send me screen-shot of GNS3

Preference/Dy namips @ cy berwiz2010@y ahoo.com

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Yipikaia 6 day s ago

sent. thx.
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