1) Unpack the archive into your home directory (it should net up in ~/macports or whatever name you choose).

2.a) Install macports (see https://www.macports.org/install.php ).

2.b) Edit /opt/local/etc/macports/sources.conf to contain:
	file:///Users/$USERNAME/macports
	make sure to replace $USERNAME with your real user name.

3) run the following command (to make sure you have all the current recipes):
	sudo port selfupdate

4) Cd into /Users/$USERNAME/macports and run (to add your local port definitions to the ):
	sudo portindex

5) install the prerequisites:
	sudo port install -cu git netperf fping py35-matplotlib-basemap qt4-mac
	These should drag in all the required dependencies, git is needed to clone flent itself, fping is needed as the bad ping in macosx (at least up to 10.9) does not have high-resolution timestamps IIRC, qt4-mac is required by the GUI, and py35-matplotlib-basemap is the shortest way to get python 3.5 with all required packages installed (short on the command line, this drags in quite a lot and will take a while, I hope you have something better than the current macbook to compile ;) )

6) Get flent, cd into the intended parent directory and call (or if you did already, call “git pull” in the flent directory to get Toke’s most recent in):
	git clone https://github.com/tohojo/flent

7) edit run-flent in the flent directory to point to the just installed python:
	#!/usr/bin/env python3.5
	You need to see where the just installed python 3.5 actually lives but I assume the above should work, just “#!/usr/bin/env python” will point to the system supplied python for which I have no clue how to install additional packages like the qt4 one required for the GUI. I have not tested whether this is required for 10.10 or 10.11, in any way installing all under macports is nice because to clean up afterwards all you need to do is remove /opt/local...

8) run it from the flent directory, e.g.:
	date ; ping -c 10 netperf-eu.bufferbloat.net ; ./run-flent --ipv4 -l 150 -H netperf-eu.bufferbloat.net rrul --remote-metadata=root@gw.home.lan -p all_scaled --disable-log -D . -t IPv4_test; date
and:
	date ; ping6 -c 10 netperf-eu.bufferbloat.net ; ./run-flent --ipv6 -l 150 -H netperf-eu.bufferbloat.net rrul --remote-metadata=root@gw.home.lan -p all_scaled --disable-log -D . -t IPv6_test: date

Just replace netperf-eu.bufferbloat.net with your netserver name or IP, with the ssh login to the DUT (I guess you need to set up passwordless login for this to work). But since you know flent this is just to keep the instruction complete enough to share with other mac users…

9) In case you routinely use macports remember to accasionally run:
	date ; sudo port selfupdate ; port outdated ; sudo port install outdated
	To get all the newest versions in...


Best Regards
	Sebastian


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