# Installer vpcs avec Homebrew, apk, apt, MacPorts, Nix, zypper Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de vpcs pour les workflows d'agents IA. ## installation ```sh sudo av install brew:vpcs ``` Commandes d'installation supplémentaires: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install vpcs ``` Preuve: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install vpcs ``` Preuve: MacPorts ports tree: emulators/vpcs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add vpcs ``` Preuve: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vpcs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install vpcs ``` Preuve: Debian stable package indexes: vpcs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#vpcs ``` Preuve: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vp/vpcs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install vpcs ``` Preuve: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vpcs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst ## Faits du paquet - **Clé du paquet:** brew:vpcs - **Gestionnaire de paquets:** Homebrew - **Version:** 0.8.4 - **Résumé source:** Virtual PC simulator for testing IP routing - **Page d'accueil:** - **Dépôt:** - **Dernière mise à jour:** 2026-08-02T12:59:26Z - **Généré:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## exécutables - vpcs (alias) ## Comportement d'installation - Bouteille: non disponible ## Version et fraîcheur - page générée: 2026-08-03 - version du gestionnaire: 0.8.4 ## Historique du projet et usages VPCS is the Virtual PC Simulator, a small command-line network host simulator used mainly with Dynamips and GNS3 labs. It provides lightweight virtual end hosts that can send and receive basic traffic such as ping and traceroute without running full virtual machines. ### Historique du projet The original VPCS project was hosted on SourceForge and described itself as a tool that can simulate up to nine PCs for studying Cisco routers in Dynamips. It was intentionally not a complete PC emulator; it was a compact program with only a small set of network commands. The current GNS3 repository is a continuation of that original VPCS code. The GNS3 README says it is based on the last development version and improved with community patches after the original SourceForge-hosted code stopped being maintained. ### Historique d'adoption VPCS became useful because GNS3 and Dynamips network labs often need simple endpoints for connectivity tests. Replacing router instances or full VMware/VirtualBox guests with VPCS reduced CPU and memory load while still allowing lab users to verify addressing and routing behavior. Documentation and manpages for Linux distributions describe VPCS as an ideal study tool for simulated Cisco or Juniper router environments, reflecting its adoption as a practical companion utility rather than a standalone networking platform. ### Modes d'utilisation A typical VPCS session creates up to nine numbered virtual PCs, assigns IP configuration and gateways, and runs ping or traceroute across a simulated topology. In UDP mode, each virtual PC corresponds to paired local and remote UDP ports used to exchange packets with Dynamips or GNS3 nodes. The tool is deliberately limited: it is best for endpoint reachability tests, small TCP/UDP/ICMP exercises, and lab scripts, not for running services or emulating full operating-system behavior. ### Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent VPCS is package-nerd useful because it is tiny infrastructure glue for network labs. A single small binary can replace heavyweight guest machines when all the user needs is an IP endpoint that responds predictably inside a simulated topology. ### Chronologie - 2008-2011: VPCS releases appear in GNS3 SourceForge file areas alongside early GNS3/Dynamips workflows. - 2015: VPCS 0.8 readme documents IPv6 support and Linux, Windows, and OS X testing notes. - 2016: SourceForge project activity shows the original project becoming effectively dormant. - 2020s: GNS3 maintains a continuation repository with community patches. ### Related projects - VPCS is closely related to GNS3, Dynamips, and network-certification lab workflows where simple end hosts are needed to test router configuration. - It is an alternative to using full virtual machines or router images merely as traffic endpoints in a network simulation. ### Sources - - - - - ## Notes de sécurité narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Risque Geiger:** vert / faible - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets - Debian apt - vpcs - 0.5b2-2.2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: vpcs from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | virtual PC simulator for Dynamips | http://sourceforge.net/projects/vpcs/ - Nix - vpcs: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/vp/vpcs/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - vpcs - 0.5b2-2.2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: vpcs from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | virtual PC simulator for Dynamips | http://sourceforge.net/projects/vpcs/ - apk - vpcs - 0.8.3-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: vpcs from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Simple virtual PC simulator | https://sourceforge.net/projects/vpcs/ - zypper - vpcs - 0.8.2-1.16: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: vpcs from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Virtual PC Simulator | https://github.com/GNS3/vpcs - MacPorts - vpcs: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: emulators/vpcs/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/vpcs.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/vpcs.yml) ## Sources - pkg.so package database - Geiger risk classifier - curated package history - pkgdb category and tag curation - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph