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This post will help you in installing Network Simulator 2 version NS2.35 in Fedora 16 Steps:' Install Fedora using a DVD ISO (if you go for a CD iso, then you need to download lot of packages) Download NS-2.35 from this website . Unzip or untar it to any folder (recommended is /home/ loginname) using the following commands one by one tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz cd ns-allinone-2.35 ./install Once installed the PATH information will be shown in the screen. Copy the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH Variable to .bash_profile (see a dot in the beginning) Input the path information in .bash_profile like this There will be a PATH Variable already available in the .bash_profile file, just copy the PATH information from the NS2 installation and append it over the existing PATH variable (but put a separator : between each path) export PATH=$HOME/bin:<Put a colon and Place your paths here> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=<place the LD_LIBRARY_PATHS> here. Once done, save the ...

This post will help you in installing Network Simulator 2 version NS2.35 in Ubuntu 11.10 Instructions Install Ubuntu Download NS-2.35 ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/allinone/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz/download ) Unzip or untar it to any folder (recommended is /home/ loginname) using the following commands one by one sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz cd ns-allinone-2.35 ./install Once installed the PATH information will be provided to you. Copy the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH Variable to .bashrc (see a dot in the beginning) Input the path information in .bashrc file like this export PATH=$PATH:<Place your paths here> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH: <place the LD_LIBRARY_PATHS> here. Once done, save the file and close execute the command source .bashrc try ns or nam to see whether your installation succeeded.

Nearly more than 2 years of gap, Network Simulator 2.35 is released on 4th November 2011 and its worth to work with. Lot of updates in the wireless domain and easier installation when compared with the earlier versions. To download the new version follow this link http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/allinone/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz/download Shortly wait for the installation instructions for NS 2.35 under Ubuntu, Mac OS and Fedora. Till that time, refer the following posts, http://www.nsnam.com/2011/11/installation-of-network-simulator-ns235.html http://www.nsnam.com/2011/10/ns235-installation-in-fedora-15-and.html

Installing NS2 in Mac OS is always a tougher task. Setting and configuring so many config files, etc. But the latest version of NS2 (ns-2.35) is easily installing under Mac OS OS Taken here is Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard) NS Version is ns-2.35 RC8 Prerequisites: Mac OS should be installed with the developer pacakge called xcode with the help of Xcode only, all development modules can be handled. So, the first step is to install the xcode , Download Xcode from this link http://developer.apple.com/xcode/ Download the ns-allinone-2.35 rc8 for installation, Download from http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/release/RC8/ 1. Install Xcode 2. Unzip or untar ns-2.35 using the command "tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35-xxx.tar.gz" (without quotes) 3. The ns-2.35 configuration files contains  the path to xlibdir and xincdir, so you need not include the path for those directories. 4. kindly ensure that the path to xlibdir and xincdir are installed on your Mac OS(Xcode) 5. execute the ...