Installing GNS3 on CentOS 6.x/RHEL 6.x/Fedora 15

1. Login as root then do the following steps:
   yum install python python-devel xorg-x11-proto-devel libXext-devel gcc-c++ libXrender*


2. Download and install Qt
   #wget http://get.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4.tar.gz
   #tar -xzf qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4.tar.gz
   #cd qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.7.4
   #./configure -nomake examples -nomake demos -qt-gif -no-exceptions -debug -qt3support
   #gmake
   #gmake install
   #PATH=/usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/bin:$PATH
   #export PATH


3. Download and install sip
   #wget http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-4.13.tar.gz
   #tar -xvf sip-4.13.tar.gz
   #cd sip-4.13.tar
   #python configure.py
   #make
   #make install


4. Download and install PyQt
   #wget http://ftp.pardus.org.tr/pub/source/2009/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.8.4.tar.gz
   #tar xvf PyQt-x11-gpl-4.8.4.tar.gz
   #cd PyQt-x11-gpl-4.8.4
   #python configure.py -q /usr/local/Trolltech/Qt-4.7.4/bin/qmake
   #make
   #make install


5. Download GNS3
   #wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/GNS3/0.7.4/GNS3-0.7.4-src.tar.gz
   #tar -xvf GNS3*.tar.gz && rm GNS3*.tar.gz
   #cd GNS3-0.7.4-src
   #mkdir Dynamips IOS Project Cache Temp


6. Download Dynamips depending up on OS (64-bit/32-bit)
   #cd dynamips
   #wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gns-3/dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-amd64.bin?download (for 64-bit OS)
   #wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gns-3/dynamips-0.2.8-RC3-community-x86.bin?download (for 32-bit OS)
   #chmod +x dynamips-0.2.8-RC2-amd64.bin (if we use 32-bit version, use the name of that file)


7. Creating Quick launch with gns3 icon
   #wget http://www.noahbeach.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/gns3.png
   Now right click on the panel and select add to panel > custom launcher > select the gns3 location and press on the icon button to locate the icon just downloaded. ok
   Now if we press that icon in the panel, gns3 will run...!!!