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NS2 (NS-2.35) Installation in Fedora 16

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 file and close

execute the command

source .bash_profile

try ns (if you see a % indicates ns is installed successfully) or nam (a animation window will be opened).

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NS2 (NS-2.35) Installation in Ubuntu 11.10

This post will help you in installing Network Simulator 2 version NS2.35 in Ubuntu 11.10
Instructions
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.
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Network Simulator 2 (NS2.35) is released

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




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Installation of Network Simulator (NS2.35) in Mac OS

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 command ./install inside the directory (~ns-allinone-2.35-xxx/) (use terminal to install) .
6. Once installed successfully, the path setting information will be provided to you. copy those informations and put it in a file called .profile or .bash_profile (please note that there is a dot in these files)

in my case, this is the path information (include the following line in the .profile file)

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/bin:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/tcl8.5.8/unix:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/tk8.5.8/unix

and also one more path called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH= <paths>

7. finally execute the command "source .profile" (wihtout quotes) and logout and login back.

open the terminal and type ns (you will get a % symbol indicates that the ns2 is installed successfully)
type nam and you can see a animation window is popping out.
(thats it)

if you want to install ns2.34 and earlier versions in Mac OS, then the above method will not be suitable for you. you need to include the
xlibdir and xincdir path in all the config files of ns2
xlibdir=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib
xincdir=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk//usr/include
and then proceed with the above steps..







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