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I wrote a script to keep my Linux Mint 17.0 GNS3 v1.0 beta install updated.
[Edit: The script has been updated to download the latest release version, rather than the beta version]

This script has been tested on 32 bit Linux Mint 17 and 32 bit Ubuntu 14.04, and is an updated version of my earlier alpha installer.

Download the script from this post on the new GNS3 Jungle website, and decompress the file in your home directory (or wherever you choose) and make sure you run the script as sudo (it will remind you to do so if you forget)

The script attempts to setup the GNS3v1 beta on your existing Linux system.

It is based on instructions at http://forum.gns3.net/post27906.html

http://forum.gns3.net/topic8988.html and https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server

http://forum.gns3.net/post28922.html and http://forum.gns3.net/topic11444.html

If you have problems, please refer to the forum posts. Good Luck

It will, depending on the type of install you choose:

* Create my recommended directory structure for you

* Install git (developer install)

* Install subversion (developer install)

* Install bison parser generator (developer install)

* Install flex lexical analyzer (developer install)

* Install all the python stuff you need

* Install dynamips

* Install pip

* Install Dan Lintott’s gns3-converter http://forum.gns3.net/post35824.html

* Install vboxwrapper and VirtualBox

* Install iouyap -Ref: http://forum.gns3.net/topic8966.html

* Fix link to libssl1.0.0 -Ref: http://forum.gns3.net/topic8988.html

* Install SSH

* Install Wireshark

* Install VPCS

* Install BBE

* Install ROXTerm

* Create a iourc file for you (you’ll have to add your own licence)

* Add an entry to your hosts file for xml.cisco.com

* Install gns3-server (beta)

* Install gns3-gui (beta)

When run (must be run as sudo) it will give you 6 options:

An archive install installs dynamips from the deb repository, and gns3 
components from the latest release version using wget (Safest option)

A developer install pulls latest development sourcecode for dynamips, 
iouyap, vpcs, gns3-server and gns3-gui using git clone or git pull 
(or svn for vpcs)
This is the bleeding edge code.

Full install options re-installs everything - no questions asked
Note: Will not overwrite iourc if it exists
Normally, supplemtary apps like pip and ssh are skipped if already installed.
The full archive install can also be invoked using the -full command line 
option.

Would you like:
a. an interactive archive (release version) install?
A. an archive (release version) install? - no questions asked.
f. a full archive install (re-installs everything)? - no questions asked.

d. an interactive developer (bleeding edge) install?
D. a developer (bleeding edge) install? - no questions asked.
F. a full developer install (re-installs everything)? - no questions asked.

q. quit. Get me out of here!

a/A/d/D/f/F/q [a]