CNRL - Challenged Network Research Lab

Introduction

In this page will be shown how to use the CNRL repository for Debian and Ubuntu.

Using this repository, you will be provided with the following packages:

# VIRTUALBRICKS related:
virtualbricks - Virtualization suite for qemu/kvm VMs and vde2 networks
vde-netemu - Channel emulator for VDE2

Use the repository

Please, follow instructions below:

Add following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:

# DTN Repository
deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/cnrl-deis-unibo-it.gpg] http://cnrl.deis.unibo.it/repo/ RELEASE main
deb-src [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/cnrl-deis-unibo-it.gpg] http://cnrl.deis.unibo.it/repo/ RELEASE main

You must replace RELEASE with the REPO_NAME of the table below.

+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
| RELEASE                                    | REPO_NAME        |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------+
| debian buster (10 oldstable)               | buster           |
| debian bullseye (11 oldstable)             | bullseye         |
| debian bookworm (12 stable)                | bookworm         |
| debian trixie (13 testing)                 | trixie           |
| debian sid (unstable)                      | sid              |
| ubuntu focal fossa (20.04 LTS)             | focal            |
| ubuntu jammy jellyfish (22.04 LTS)         | jammy            |
| ubuntu noble numbat (24.04 LTS)            | noble            |
+--------------------------------------------+------------------+

Download and import the GPG Public Key for the repository, run the following comand:

wget -O - http://cnrl.deis.unibo.it/repo/signing_key.pub | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/keyrings/cnrl-deis-unibo-it.gpg

Update the packages list, type the following command (compulsory, otherwise you risk to install versions from other repositories!):
```
sudo apt-get update
```
Type the following command to get virtualbricks (analogously for possible other packages of this repo):
```
sudo apt-get install virtualbricks
```
Type the following command to add vde-netemu (essential):
```
sudo apt-get install vde-netemu 
```

Contact

For any reason related the packages or the repository, feel free to contact me.