1) Download 'ns-allinone-2.35' from :
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/allinone/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz/download
2) Extract the downloaded zip file 'ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz file' to desktop.
3) Now you need to download some essential packages for ns2,these packages can be downloaded by using the following command : applications>accessories>terminal or dashhome>trminal
then type the below line on the terminal window
"sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev libtool gcc"
or type this command
"sudo apt-get install autoconf automake gcc g++ build-essential libxmu-dev libtool libxt-dev"
4) Now change your directory(here i have already extracted the downloaded files to desktop,so my location is desktop) type the following codes in the command window to install NS2.
cd Desktop
cd ns-allinone-2.35
./install
The installation procedure will take a few minutes..........
5) After compleating the installation type the following command in the command window
gedit ~/.bashrc
6) Now an editor window appears,please copy and paste the follwing codes in the end of the text file (note that '/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/octl-1.14' in each line in the below code should be replaced with your location where the 'ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz'file is extracted)
# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/otcl-1.14
NS2_LIB=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/lib
X11_LIB=/usr/X11R6/lib
USR_LOCAL_LIB=/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB:$X11_LIB:$USR_LOCAL_LIB
# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tcl8.5.10/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB
# PATH
XGRAPH=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/bin:/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tcl8.5.10/unix:/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tk8.5.10/unix
NS=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-2.35/
NAM=/home/abhiram/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/nam-1.15/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM
7) Save and close the text editor and then type the following command on the terminal
source ~/.bashrc
8) Close the terminal window and start a new terminal window and now change the directory to ns-2.35 and validate ns-2.35 by exicuting the following command ( it takes 30 to 45 minutes)
cd ns-2.35
./validate
9) If the installation is successful, then you will be able to see % at the command prompt while typing the following command
ns
10) Now type
exit
hello i wanted to install ns2 on ubuntu but still getting an error ns2 not found use sudo apt-get install ns2 to install
ReplyDeletealso my all validation are notcoming..
please help me urgently
follow the above instructions to install NS 2 on linux
Deleteplz how can i download the packages(step 3) where i have application i don't understand plz help me . thnx
ReplyDeleteAFTER validate step this is appear:
ReplyDeleteIS this ok if not what I must do
finishing..
Test output agrees with reference output
All test output agrees with reference output.
خ ماي 22 23:00:35 AST 2014
These messages are NOT errors and can be ignored:
warning: using backward compatibility mode
This test is not implemented in backward compatibility mode
validate overall report: some tests failed:
./test-all-tcp ./test-all-testReno ./test-all-newreno ./test-all-sack ./test-all-tcpOptions ./test-all-tcpReset ./test-all-testReno-full ./test-all-testReno-bayfull ./test-all-sack-full ./test-all-tcp-init-win ./test-all-tcpVariants ./test-all-LimTransmit ./test-all-aimd ./test-all-rfc793edu ./test-all-rfc2581 ./test-all-rbp ./test-all-tcpLinux ./test-all-frto ./test-all-ecn ./test-all-ecn-ack ./test-all-ecn-full ./test-all-quickstart ./test-all-manual-routing ./test-all-red ./test-all-adaptive-red ./test-all-red-pd ./test-all-rio ./test-all-vq ./test-all-rem ./test-all-gk ./test-all-pi ./test-all-cbq ./test-all-schedule ./test-all-links ./test-all-oddBehaviors
to re-run a specific test, cd tcl/test; ./test-all-TEST-NAME
yes...test process will take long time..go ahead...follow steps given in the post
Deleteit is a problem or not?there is the same warning in mine.
Deletewhat about this error
Deletethis happen then what should i do ???
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Deletewhile executing NAM,it is showing segmentation fault(core dumped) error
ReplyDeletei encountered this error
ReplyDeleteoot@meit14:/home/meit14# sudo apt-get install tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev
Reading package lists… Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information… Done
E: Unable to locate package tcl8.5-dev
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘tcl8.5-dev’
E: Unable to locate package tk8.5-dev
E: Couldn’t find any package by regex ‘tk8.5-dev’
root@meit14:/home/meit14#
i have a problem in step 6 as i cant change the names in the right way as step 8 says that it cannot find directory
ReplyDeleteThere is a problem while editing gedit bashrc it shows warning gvfs metadata is not supported
ReplyDeletei get terminated result everytime i try to download
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