Getting started guide

INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR MAC USERS

BY THE GNS3 ASSIST TEAM

Copyright 2007-2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.

Getting started guide

INSTALLATION for MAC Users

This section will walk you through the steps to get started with GNS3 in a MAC
environment.

Step 1 Download GNS3

The MAC installer is pretty painless. You locate a copy of GNS3 from our
website for MACs.

Step 2 Install GNS3

A downloaded MAC file will have the DMG package.

Enter Command + N

Go to your Application Folder

and drag the DMG file to the Applications area within your MAC

Once the GNS3 Icon is available in your Application Folder, you can now drag
that Icon to your Dock for ease of launching GNS3.

NOTE: On older versions of GNS3, there will be a note that this DMG package
depends on Python 2.7.x.

A newer version of Python is not backward compatible. Check your MAC to

see if you have Python installed. If you dont verify the python version level
supported with the GNS3 documentation.
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Getting started guide

GNS3 depends on several other programs to operate. Those software
dependencies include the following:

WinPcap

Dynamips and

Qemu

These three main components along with GNS3 are all chosen by default
for installation. If you experience more issues with GNS3, check the other
dependent software above that needs to be installed.

Copyright 2007-2014 GNS3 Technologies Inc.