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Install GNS3 on Local Linux Machine (Ubuntu 16.04)

Steps:

  1. Install Dynamips and Ubridge

    sudo apt install dynamips ubridge
    • Verify installation
    dynamips
ubridge -v

  2. Install Virtual PC Simulator(VPCS)

    • Download vpcs and extract the zip.
    cd vpcs-0.6.2/src
./mk.sh 64 # i386 | amd64 | 32 | 64 ---> mention any of the option
sudo mv vpcs /usr/local/bin
    • Verify the location and version for VPCS
    which vpcs
vpcs -v

  3. Install QEMU

  4. Install Docker

  5. Install Wireshark

  6. Install GNS3 Create a python virtual environment and install gns3-server, gns3-gui and other dependencies inside virutal environment:

    python -m venv ~/.gns3-venv
source /home/user/.gns-vnev/bin/activate
pip install -U gns3-gui gns3-server PyQt5-sip pyqt5==5.14.0

    The steps to install other dependiences ar not mentioned here. Please check official documentation to install all dependencies.

  7. Launch GNS3 gui with command:

    gns3

    If installation was successful, it will launch the application.

Errors:

Error 1

2020-12-17 19:48:15 CRITICAL topology.py:258 uBridge is not available, path doesn't exist, or you just installed GNS3 and need to restart your user session to refresh user permissions.

Restart your machine or change ubridge permissions using following command:

sudo chmod 777 /usr/bin/ubridge

Error 2

No path to a VPCS executable has been set

Download vpcs. Go to Edit > Preferences > VPCS Preferences > Set Path to a VPCS executable. You may need to restart GNS3.