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Installing NS2 under Ubuntu 9.10

  1. Download NS2 from the following Website, I tried version ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz.
  2. Put the file under /home/pradeep/ (my user login is pradeep, you may try with your username)
  3. go the folder in the shell prompt by issuing the following command cd /home/pradeep/
  4. Since installation of NS2 simulator needs some autoconfigurationfiles which will need to be installed. To download those packages, justexecute the following commands $ sudo apt-get install build-essentialautoconf automake libxmu-dev
  5. it will take some time to download and install.
  6. Now execute the following steps so that NS2 will be installed $ tarzxvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz $ cd ns-allinone-2.34 $ ./install
  7. You may get an error like libotcl.o error, to correct that execute, sudo apt-get install g++-4.3, once done, open the file otcl-1.13/Makefile.in, in line number 7 change 
  8. CC= @CC@ to CC= gcc-4.3, then again goto step 6
  9. After the above steps, NS2 will give the path information which needs to be set in the PATH variable
  10. Open the file .bashrc which is available under the folder/home/pradeep/ (if you try to install in root user /root/.bashrc). Usethe following command to open the .bashrc file $ gedit/home/pradeep/.bashrc
  11. edit the above file and set the following paths over there exportPATH=$PATH:/home/pradeep/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/home/pradeep/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/pradeep/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unixexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH= /home/pradeep/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13,/home/pradeep/ns-allinone-2.34/lib
  12. Thats it!!! save the file, logout and login with the username.
  13. open the shell prompt and type $ ns (you will get a % indicatingthat the installation is working correctly) $ nam ( a window will beopened showing the network animator)

20 comments:

  1. pardeepApril 28, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    i have installed ns-2 as per your mentioned steps, but when i run ns, then it always 'ns: not found'.
    could anyone tell me how i can remove this error. please, help me.

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  2. tamzidJanuary 24, 2011 at 11:55 PM

    sir,
    I wanna 2 install ns-2 in window ....can u help me about the installtion instruction

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  3. PratikFebruary 22, 2011 at 2:01 PM

    Sir, with reference to the article of installing NS-2.34 on Ubuntu 9.10 ,upon executing the command mentioned in Step 4 i got an error saying : Couldn't find package build-essentialautoconf
    Please help me with the same as i am working on a new protocol development in NS-2.

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  4. k10March 20, 2011 at 5:09 PM

    i request all not to get into this dirty work....

    download .deb packages from here: http://www.mediafire.com/?asi5fi5drcmjyfc

    there are about 12 deb packages; unzip them and install one by one just by double clicking. you'll have ns installed onto your system within minutes...

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  5. PratikApril 1, 2011 at 1:59 AM

    bash: /home/pratik/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13,/home/pratik/ns-allinone-2.34/lib: No such file or directory

    this is what i get as an error once i restart my pc, everything else works fine
    Please help me my project has been stalled due to this

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  7. JitendraJune 24, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    Sir, with reference to the article of installing NS-2.34 on Ubuntu 9.10 ,upon executing the command mentioned in Step 4 i got an error saying : Couldn’t find package build-essentialautoconf
    Please, help me.

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  8. JitendraJune 24, 2011 at 1:17 AM

    /home/jitendra$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Couldn't find package build-essential

    DEar sir,
    still facing the problem.

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  9. deepakJuly 14, 2011 at 1:55 AM

    thanks...it worked :)

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  10. saravanaSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Sir,
    I tried to install ns-2.34 in ubunbtu 11.04, all the packages are installed without any error,as per the steps given by u,but finaly wen i giv the command ./install it shows as permission denied....wat i hav to do further to install ns-2

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  11. kishoreSeptember 23, 2011 at 1:58 AM

    i am using ubuntu 9.10 when i try to exectue i got following.plz help me
    $sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    Package autoconf is not available, but is referred to by another package.
    This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
    is only available from another source
    E: Package autoconf has no installation candidate

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  12. TS PradeepkumarSeptember 23, 2011 at 3:33 AM

    first try sudo apt-get update and then try the above steps...

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  13. kishoreSeptember 23, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    i try to exectue sudo apt-get update as u said ...igot following.

    W: Failed to fetch http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-updates/multiverse/source/Sources.gz 407 Proxy Authentication Required

    E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

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  14. kishoreOctober 20, 2011 at 11:43 PM

    heelo,
    i typed as below but i got an error and i m using ubuntu 9.10.Thank you

    ./install
    bash: ./install: No such file or directory

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  15. kirupathiranNovember 4, 2011 at 1:03 PM

    administrator@ubuntu:~/kirupa$ sudo apt-get install build-essentialautoconf automake libxmu-dev


    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Couldn't find package build-essentialautoconf



    //I got this error how i correct this?

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  16. TS PradeepkumarNovember 4, 2011 at 5:17 PM

    there is a gap between build-essential and autoconf

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  17. anupamaFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    anministrator@ubuntu:~/anupama:~$ sudo apt-get install build-essentialautoconf automake libxmu-dev

    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package build-essentialautoconf
    E: Unable to locate package libxmu-dev

    I got this how can i install now?

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  18. Pradeepkumar TSFebruary 12, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    give a space between build-essential autoconf
    and also
    before giving this you update ubuntu by
    sudo apt-get update

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  19. anupamaFebruary 13, 2012 at 1:29 PM

    administrator@anupama$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package libxmu-dev

    i got this.how i can install?

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  20. Pradeepkumar TSFebruary 13, 2012 at 7:43 PM

    try without libxmu-dev and later you can install by
    sudo apt-get install libxmu-dev

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