[Netkit.users] Cannot update install,programs

[Massimo Rimondini]

Hi,

> Hi,
>
> Thank you for your quick reply Massimo. I am just experimenting, I didn't had any specific tool in mind. However, I can see inside packages list that many tools are already installed. I can limit my curiosity in those for the time. So it's very fine!

Yes, most networking-related packages are already in.

>
> In addition, if I want to upgrade any of the existing tools I think that it gonna be smooth. Right?

It depends on the tool you want to upgrage. In most cases, the thing should be smooth enough or pull a reduced set of dependencies.

>
> By the way, how am I installing the filesystem provided in your first link? I suppose that I have to delete my existing one, and follow the same steps again for installing using the downloaded filesystem.

You do not necessarily need to delete the existing filesystem image: just download one of the images from the suggested URL and save it somewhere on your disk. You can then instruct Netkit to use that image by setting the environment variable NETKIT_FILESYSTEM to point to the newly downloaded file.

>
> And, last thing, I cannot find any link for downloading this. Sorry I feel embarrassed.

I guess these the download links you are looking for can be found in this page: http://fs.devloop.org.uk/.
Please consider that usage of these filesystem images with Netkit is unsupported and may result in unpredictable behaviors and/or reduced functionalities.

Regards,
Massimo


>
> Regards,
> Vag
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> *From:* netkit.users-bounces a list.dia.uniroma3.it [netkit.users-bounces a list.dia.uniroma3.it] on behalf of Joao Codagnoni [codagnoni a gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 25, 2013 10:53 AM
> *To:* Users of the Netkit Network Emulation System
> *Subject:* Re: [Netkit.users] Cannot update install,programs
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> There's also the Devloop's repo http://uml.devloop.org.uk/index.html with a variety of kernel images and filesystems (several distros) for UML.
>
> Of course they don't have the netkit's kernel specific patches, but I could use, for all of my networking scenarios, those images with no problem.
>
> Regards.
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:05 AM, Massimo Rimondini <rimondin a dia.uniroma3.it <mailto:rimondin a dia.uniroma3.it>> wrote:
>
>     Hi,
>
>     depending on the package you are willing to install, there may be a high number of dependencies that cause a major upgrade of the filesystem image. And the upgrade may fail because of some other "chicken-and-egg" conflicts in package releases.
>
>     Which package(s) are you interested in updating/installing?
>
>     In the meantime, you may want to consider that a very active Netkit user has independently updated the filesystem image build scripts and made them available here: https://github.com/kartoch/netkit-uml-filesystem. Depending on your needs, rebuilding the image from scratch using this system may be a way to go.
>
>     Regards,
>     Massimo
>
>
>     On 06/25/2013 04:44 AM, E Spatharas wrote:
>>     Hello netkit forum,
>>
>>     I recently installed netkit on my ubuntu 12.04 machine. I am able to connect to the internet using the tap interface. However, I cannot make update or to install any programs. It says that I need lib6 and other packages, but when I try to install any package, it it continually fails to do so.
>>
>>     Have you any idea?
>>     Thanks, vag
>>
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