Gentoo GNS3

Install GNS3 Graphical Network Simulator on gentoo linux

1. Setting Up your local portage

niyala # mkdir /usr/local/portage
niyala # echo "PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" >> /etc/make.conf

2. Prepare the ebuild

niyala # mkdir /usr/local/portage/app-emulation/
niyala # cd /usr/local/portage/app-emulation/
niyala # mkdir gns3 dynamips

3. Download and the ebuild

niyala # cd gns3
niyala # mkdir files
niyala # cd files
niyala # wget http://www.ittelkom.ac.id/pinguin/gentoo/PORTDIR_OVERLAY/app-emulation/gns3/files/gns3-0.6_set_dynamips_path.patch
niyala # wget http://www.ittelkom.ac.id/pinguin/gentoo/PORTDIR_OVERLAY/app-emulation/gns3/files/gns3-0.6_set_pemu_path.patch
niyala # cd ..
niyala # wget http://www.ittelkom.ac.id/pinguin/gentoo/PORTDIR_OVERLAY/app-emulation/gns3/gns3-0.6.ebuild
niyala # ebuild gns3-0.6ebuild digest
niyala # cd ../dynamips
niyala # wget http://www.ittelkom.ac.id/pinguin/gentoo/PORTDIR_OVERLAY/app-emulation/dynamips/dynamips-0.2.8_rc2.ebuild
niyala # ebuild dynampis-0.2.8_rc2.ebuild

4. Emerge

niyala # echo "=app-emulation/gns3-0.6 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
niyala # echo "=app-emulation/dynamips-0.2.8_rc2 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
niyala # emerge -avp gns3