Qemu installation on CentOS 6.4 x64

After a lot of attempts, finally i found a procedure that works for CentOS 6.4.

1. install dependencies (run as root)
yum install ncurses ncurses-devel zlib zlib-devel SDL SDL-devel libpcap libpcap-devel


2.  Download and compile Qemu.

wget http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/qemu/qemu-0.11.0.tar.gz

extract and go to extracted file folder location, download patch and run.

 wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gns-3/qemu-0.11.0-olive.patch?download

 patch -p1 -i qemu-0.11.0-olive.patch?download

./configure --target-list=i386-softmmu

for x64

./configure --target-list=x86_64-softmmu

make

make install

 3. Configure Qemu Preferences and Test Settings.

Installing Xdotool on CentOS 6.4 X64

As xdotool is a requirement for GNS3's virtual box to work properly. In Ubuntu 12.0.4 LTS it's quite easy to install. Just search xdotool on the Software Manager, click install and that's it.  In CentOS it took time for me to find out the steps which will work, and here are the steps.

1. download and install the latest version of nux dextop

http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el6/x86_64/?C=M;O=D

2. Install xdotool rpm package:

#yum install xdotool

3. Test Settings

Last task is to install Qemu which I will try to figure out next then my GNS3 on CentOS is complete.

Quick Steps in installing GNS3 on CentOS 6.4 x64

1. Login as root and run, (accept all dependencies)

yum install python python-devel xorg-x11-proto-devel libXext-devel gcc-c++ libXrender* PyQt4 PyQt4-devel qt qt-devel qemu-img libvirt

2. Download and extract the latest GNS3 and dynamips at http://www.gns3.net/download/

3. Rename the extracted folder to gns3 inside create a dynamips folder and cut and paste the latest dynamips. Right click and modify  file permission to Execute (check box allow executing file as a program)

4. move the gns3 folder to /opt directory 
   mv gns3 /opt

5. run as root: 
   cd /opt/gns3 
   [root@P5Q gns3]# python gns3

6. Create folder location for images, projects, working directory etc. Test Dynamips,Qemu and Vbox.

Dynamips settings