Gns3-gui: Ubuntu 20.04 PPA pointing to 2.2.6 and not 2.2.8

[m4shie]

The PPA for Ubuntu Focal (20.04) is pointing to GNS3 2.2.6 while the PPA for older Ubuntu versions are pointing to the correct version of GNS3 2.2.8.

[fre4ki]

It should be fine with 2.2.9.

[grossmj]

We will release version 2.2.9 soon.

[grossmj]

Packages for version 2.2.9 have just been released. Please give it a try and let me know if you have any problems.

https://launchpad.net/~gns3/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+builds?build_text=&build_state=all

Thanks!

[PranavBhattarai]

A new milestone. Great.

[m4shie]

Packages for version 2.2.9 have just been released. Please give it a try and let me know if you have any problems.

https://launchpad.net/~gns3/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+builds?build_text=&build_state=all

Thanks!
2.2.9 installed ok but it can't be started on 20.04, it doesn't even have the knowledge of "gns3".

This is all I get:
mashie@X1Extreme:~$ gns3

Command 'gns3' not found, did you mean:

command 'gbs3' from deb gambas3-script (3.14.3-2ubuntu3.1)

Try: sudo apt install

mashie@X1Extreme:~$

No difference if I do it as root either.

[fre4ki]

Packages for version 2.2.9 have just been released. Please give it a try and let me know if you have any problems.
https://launchpad.net/~gns3/+archive/ubuntu/ppa/+builds?build_text=&build_state=all
Thanks!
2.2.9 installed ok but it can't be started on 20.04, it doesn't even have the knowledge of "gns3".

This is all I get:
mashie@X1Extreme:~$ gns3

Command 'gns3' not found, did you mean:

command 'gbs3' from deb gambas3-script (3.14.3-2ubuntu3.1)

Try: sudo apt install

mashie@X1Extreme:~$

No difference if I do it as root either.

Jeremy is already working on them.

[grossmj]

Indeed, why is Debian packaging so painful? :(

[talha700]

installed gns3 2.2.9 on ubuntu 20.04 and gns3 is no where to be found lol

[fre4ki]

Don't know why noone is testing it. And after that - why will the build will not be dropped - my report was a few minutes after publishing. Everyone broke his installation now.

I'm not a developer but maybe "build from source" is a alternative..?

[brentstewart]

Good and bad news. Mostly good. I'm running Ubuntu Mate (Cinnamon) 20.04 and I was getting 2.2.6 yesterday. Messed with dependencies, gave up and went to bed.

Bad - Got 2.2.9 today and there's no icon in the menu (per fre4ki)
Good - I found the installation (run /usr/share/bin/gns3) and tested and it's working fine now. I installed and built the menu item using the icon at /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/gns3.svg. Upgraded my server to 2.2.9 and I'm back in business!

Thanks for everything y'all are doing!

[PranavBhattarai]

@brentstewart How did u create gns3.svg? I really want to know.
And thanks for your info _(although there are other problems like "Could not start local server process: /usr/bin/gns3server", "Could not find local server /user/bin/gns3server", all install IOU devices gone, etc)_.

[lestercheung]

With the 2.2.9 build the symlinks in /usr/bin points to nowhere:

$ ll gns*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Jun 4 18:20 gns3 -> ../share/gns3/gns3-gui/bin/gns3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 40 Jun 4 18:20 gns3server -> ../share/gns3/gns3-server/bin/gns3server
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 Jun 4 18:20 gns3vmnet -> ../share/gns3/gns3-server/bin/gns3vmnet

I pointed them to the following instead:

../share/bin/gns3
../share/bin/gns3server
../share/bin/gns3vmnet

But I ended up with the following when the gui starts the local server:

2020-06-05 13:34:11 INFO root:126 Log level: INFO
2020-06-05 13:34:11 INFO main:256 GNS3 GUI version 2.2.9
2020-06-05 13:34:11 INFO main:257 Copyright (c) 2007-2020 GNS3 Technologies Inc.
2020-06-05 13:34:11 INFO main:259 Application started with /usr/bin/gns3
2020-06-05 13:34:17 ERROR local_server:496 Local server process has stopped
2020-06-05 13:34:17 ERROR local_server:498 Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/gns3server", line 11, in
load_entry_point('gns3-server==2.2.9', 'console_scripts', 'gns3server')()
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/main.py", line 82, in main
from gns3server.run import run
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/run.py", line 32, in
from gns3server.web.web_server import WebServer
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/web/web_server.py", line 45, in
import gns3server.handlers
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/handlers/__init__.py", line 22, in
from gns3server.handlers.api.compute import *
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/handlers/api/compute/__init__.py", line 29, in
from .server_handler import ServerHandler
File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gns3server/handlers/api/compute/server_handler.py", line 29, in
from psutil._common import bytes2human
ImportError: cannot import name 'bytes2human' from 'psutil._common' (/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/psutil/_common.py)

[grossmj]

@lestercheung we are working on this issue. Another build is coming which should fix the symlinks issues and the ImportError.

[lestercheung]

@lestercheung we are working on this issue. Another build is coming we should fix the symlinks issues and the ImportError.

Thanks @grossmj ! Didn't expect to have a response just minutes (seconds?) after I posted - you guys are amazing. Keep up with the good work!

[grossmj]

We have published new packages (gns3-gui-2.2.9~focal10 & gns3-server-2.2.9~focal10). I tested in a Docker container and everything seems to work as expected this time. Please try and let me know if this works for you.

[lestercheung]

We have published new packages (gns3-gui-2.2.9~focal10 & gns3-server-2.2.9~focal10). I tested in a Docker container and everything seems to work as expected this time. Please try and let me know if this works for you.

Yup that works - appreicate the quick turnaround Jeremy!

[fre4ki]

Good morning. I changed the path to gns3server in my service-file and mine is running too.

[m4shie]

Thanks @grossmj, it is all working now.

[grossmj]

Perfect, just for info we may have a chance the use dh-virtualenv again to create the packages for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: https://github.com/GNS3/gns3-server/issues/1746

Using dh-virtualenv is a better solution.