Fedora9

Installing VNUML over Fedora 9

This HowTo describes how to install VNUML over a fresh Fedora 9 installation. Note that it is a preliminary version. Let us know if it does not work for you.

Installation steps:

1. Install Fedora 9 and make sure basic development tools are installed. Use the following command to install them if needed:

yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

2. Update the system with:

yum update

3. Install the following packages needed by VNUML:

yum install bridge-utils readline-devel perl-Module-Build screen expat-devel libpcap-devel perl-Net-Pcap perl-NetAddr-IP perl-Net-IPv6Addr perl-XML-DOM perl-Exception-Class perl-TermReadKey perl-Error perl-CPAN

4. Install uml_utilities:

wget http://www.user-mode-linux.org/~blaisorblade/uml-utilities/uml_utilities_20060323.tar.bz2
tar xfvj uml_utilities_20060323.tar.bz2
cd tools-20060323
make 
make install

5. Install VNUML. Dowload latest vnuml tar file from [VNUML site] and:

tar xfvz  vnuml_1.8.4rc2.orig.tar.gz
cd vnuml-1.8.4rc2
ln -s /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/local/lib/
ln -s /usr/local/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl
./configure --with-build_modules --prefix="/usr"
make 
make install   # You have to press ENTER several times

6. Install VNUML kernel. Download the latest UML kernel from [VNUML site] and:

 cd /usr/share
 tar xfvz linux-um_2.6.18.1-bb2-xt-4m.orig.tar.gz
 ln -s linux-um-2.6.18.1-bb2-xt-4m linux-um 
 mv linux-um/linux-2.6.18.1-bb2-xt-4m /usr/share/vnuml/kernels
 ln -s /usr/share/vnuml/kernels/linux-2.6.18.1-bb2-xt-4m /usr/share/vnuml/kernels/linux

7. Install root-filesystem. Download one of the latest filesystems from [VNUML site] and

tar xvfz <filesystem.tar.gz> /usr/share/vnuml/filesystems/
cd /usr/share/vnuml/filesystem/
ln -s <filesystem> root_fs_tutorial

8. Create ssh keys with:

 ssh-keygen -t rsa1

9. Test the installation with:

 cd /usr/share/vnuml/examples
 vnumlparser.pl -t simple.xml -v -u root