Installing NS-3.32 in Ubuntu 20.04

This is about installing ns version 3.32 in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. #ns3 #ns3.32 #networksimulation The commands used in the video are given here. $] sudo apt update $] sudo apt install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev python3-pygraphviz cvs mercurial bzr git cmake p7zip-full python3-matplotlib python-tk python3-dev qt5-qmake qt5-default gnuplot-x11 wireshark Download the ns-allinone-3.32.tar.bz2 package from nsnam.org and copy it to /home/ folder

See the full video for detailed instructions

Extract it either in GUI or using command $] tar jxvf ns-allinone-3.32.tar.bz2 $] cd ns-allinone-3.32/ $] ./build.py --enable-examples --enable-tests The above command will take some time to install all the packages 

You can see the output as shown below

ns3

To check whether ns3 installed successfully, use the following commands. $] cd ns-3.32/ $] ./waf --run hello-simulator You should get the output as Hello Simulator

$] ./waf --run first This is the example from the ns-3.32/examples/tutorial/first.cc file which will run directly using the above command But python files have to be moved to scratch folder. Use the following command to move it to scratch folder $] cp examples/tutorial/second.py scratch/ $] ./waf --pyrun scratch/second.py 

The following figure shows the actual output.

How to execute python file in ns3

Thats all