Unzip the omnetpp-xxx.zip file in to any folder possibly (/home/pradeepkumar/) Open the shell prompt and then go to the corresponding folder by issuing the command cd /home/pradeepkumar/omnetpp-4.0 Run the command (./configure) If you get any errors, please download the concerned files and again go to step 3. You may get errors like this and execute the command (sudo apt-get install bison flex byacc swig build-essential tcl8.5 tk8.5 tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev) after installing all the packages, go to step 3 If path information is being asked, then set the path in the /home/pradeepkumar/.bashrc (export PATH=$PATH:/home/pradeepkumar/omnetpp-4.0/bin) Add the following line to your .profile or .bash_profile (provided you use bash): export TCL_LIBRARY=/usr/share/tcltk/tcl8.5 After that logout and login and then go to step 2 and then 3. Execute make command and thats it!!!! After installing this, for running the IDE, you need to install java run time environm...
Its all about Network Simulations (NS2, NS3), Internet of Things, Sensor Networks, Programming, Embedded Systems, Cyber Physical Systems, etc