# Installer dynamips avec Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper

Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de dynamips pour les workflows d'agents IA.

## installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:dynamips
```

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install dynamips
```

  Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install dynamips
```

  Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: net/dynamips/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add dynamips
```

  Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dynamips from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install dynamips
```

  Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: dynamips from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#dynamips
```

  Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dy/dynamips/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install dynamips
```

  Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dynamips from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst

## Faits du paquet

- **Clé du paquet:** brew:dynamips
- **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew
- **Page du gestionnaire de paquets:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dynamips>
- **Version:** 0.2.24
- **Résumé source:** Cisco 7200/3600/3725/3745/2600/1700 Router Emulator
- **Page d'accueil:** <https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips>
- **Dépôt:** <https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips>
- **Docs amont:** <https://docs.gns3.com/docs/emulators/cisco-ios-images-for-dynamips>
- **Licence:** GPL-2.0-only
- **Archive source:** <https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.24.tar.gz>
- **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-06-25T13:37:39+02:00
- **Généré:** 2026-07-10T07:20:53+00:00

## exécutables

- dynamips (cli)
- nvram_export (cli)
- dynamips (alias)
- nvram_export (alias)

## Dépendances de compilation

- cmake
- libelf

## Bibliothèques fournies par macOS

- libpcap

## Comportement d'installation

- hook post-installation: non défini
- Bouteille: disponible sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Version et fraîcheur

- page générée: 2026-07-10
- version du gestionnaire: 0.2.24
- gestionnaire mis à jour: 2026-06-25
- données locales: OK
- dépôt amont: https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips
- dernière version détectée: v0.2.24 (à jour)
## Historique du projet et usages

Dynamips is a Cisco router emulator associated with GNS3 and long-running network-lab workflows for running supported Cisco IOS images on general-purpose computers.

### Historique du projet

The current GNS3-hosted repository describes itself as a continuation of Dynamips based on the last development version, with community patches. The fork was called Dynamips-community through the 0.2.8-community release and was renamed back to Dynamips at the 0.2.9 release.

The README credits documentation authors including Christophe Fillot and others, and preserves build distinctions between stable and unstable code paths. The project later adopted CMake, with documented build instructions for Linux, macOS, and Windows/Cygwin and package-oriented dependency notes for Debian, Red Hat-family systems, MacPorts, and Homebrew.

Dynamips is tightly linked to GNS3's emulator stack. GNS3 documentation positions it as the emulator used for supported classic Cisco IOS platforms, especially router models such as the 1700, 2600, 3600, 3700, and 7200 families.

### Historique d'adoption

Dynamips became important because it let network engineers, students, and certification candidates build local router labs before virtualized network appliances became common. GNS3 turned that emulator into a larger graphical and project-based lab environment, keeping Dynamips relevant for older IOS images and lab topologies.

Package-manager adoption reflects that niche but durable use. The Homebrew formula, distro packages, and GNS3 documentation all keep Dynamips available as infrastructure for lab builders rather than as a general end-user app. Homebrew's current analytics show modest direct installs, which fits a tool more often pulled in by networking workflows than discovered casually.

### Modes d'utilisation

Users run Dynamips directly or through GNS3 to emulate supported Cisco router hardware, attach IOS images, and connect virtual router instances into lab topologies. The package also ships helper tooling such as `nvram_export` for router-image and lab-state workflows.

### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

For package nerds, Dynamips is a classic example of an emulator whose significance is larger than its command-line surface. It connects open-source packaging, Cisco certification lab culture, GNS3, libpcap/libelf build dependencies, and the transition from hardware router labs to virtual network simulation.

It also shows why some packages stay alive even when their target hardware era has moved on: old IOS images, training material, and reproducible lab setups remain useful, so distros and Homebrew continue carrying a small C emulator with very specific legal and operational boundaries.

### Chronologie

- 2000s: Original Dynamips becomes known as a Cisco router emulator for lab use.
- 2013: The GNS3/dynamips repository is created to continue community-maintained Dynamips development.
- 0.2.8-community: The continuation is still named Dynamips-community.
- 0.2.9: The continuation is renamed back to Dynamips.
- 2020s: GNS3 documentation continues to document Dynamips for classic Cisco IOS router images, and Homebrew packages version 0.2.24.

### Related projects

- Related projects include GNS3, QEMU, VirtualBox, Cisco IOS, Cisco Packet Tracer, EVE-NG, libpcap, libelf, and virtual network-lab images that replaced or supplemented older router emulation workflows.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips#readme>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/GNS3/dynamips>
- <https://docs.gns3.com/docs/emulators/cisco-ios-images-for-dynamips>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/dynamips>


## Notes de sécurité

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Détails de la base source

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** dynamips
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

- Debian apt - dynamips - 0.2.14-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: dynamips from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Cisco 7200/3600/3725/3745/2600/1700 Router Emulator | http://www.gns3.net/dynamips
- Nix - dynamips: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/dy/dynamips/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - dynamips - 0.2.14-1build4: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: dynamips from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/multiverse/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Cisco 7200/3600/3725/3745/2600/1700 Router Emulator | http://www.gns3.net/dynamips
- apk - dynamips - 0.2.24-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dynamips from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Cisco router emulator | https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips
- apk - dynamips-doc - 0.2.24-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: dynamips-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Cisco router emulator (documentation) | https://github.com/GNS3/dynamips
- zypper - dynamips - 0.2.24-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: dynamips from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Cisco router Emulator | https://www.gns3.net
- MacPorts - dynamips: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: net/dynamips/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Liens liés

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Game and emulation packages](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/game-emulation-tools/) - Matched game or emulation metadata.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [aerleon](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/aerleon/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [ahcpd](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/ahcpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [airshare](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/airshare/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [assh](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/assh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [autossh](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/autossh/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [avahi](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/avahi/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [bbftp-client](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bbftp-client/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking.
- [bgpq4](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/bgpq4/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cisco, cli, networking, routers.
- [shellinabox](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/shellinabox/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, emulator, export, networking.
- [vde](https://www.automicvault.com/fr/pkg/brew/vde/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, emulation, networking, router.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/dynamips.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/dynamips.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
