ns-2.35 installation

Installing NS 2Installing NS 2

by Teerawat Issariyakul

http://www.ns2ultimate.com

March 2010

(last updated September 2010)

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OutlineOutlineKnown Issues as of March 2010Working SolutionStep-by-Step Installation

◦ Ubuntu◦ Windows

Acknowledgement


NS2 DOES NOT work under the following environment.

Possible cause: gcc version!

Known Issues as of March Known Issues as of March 20102010

Window platform:oversion XP and 7oNS2 version: 2.33 and 2.34oCygwin 1.5.25 and 1.7.1ogcc version 3.4.4-999

Ubuntu platform:oversion 9.10ogcc version 4.4.1


These two solutions are tested. They DO WORK!!

Note: ns-2.35 checks for gcc4 and gcc4-g++ rather than gcc and gcc-g++

Working SolutionWorking Solution

Window platform:oversion XP and 7oNS2 version: 2.35oCygwin1.7.1ogcc version 4.3.4

Ubuntu platform:oversion 8.04oNS2 version 2.33 and 2.34ogcc version 4.2.4


Ubuntu: please see my previous post

http://

www.ns2ultimate.com/post/439346614/working-combination-ns-2-34-ubuntu-8-04-and-perhaps

Windows Use cygwin

◦ Required package:

gcc4, gcc4-g++, gawk, tar, gzip, make, patch,

perl, w32api

◦ Graphic package:

xorg-server, xinit, libX11-devel, libXmu-devel

◦ Graphic package if required if you would like to run

graphical things like nam or Xgraph. I find them

unnecessary.

Step-by-Step InstallationStep-by-Step Installation


1. Go to cygwin.com

Installing Cygwin 1.7.1Installing Cygwin 1.7.1

click here to get file“setup.ex

e”

2. Run the file “setup.exe”


2. Run the file “setup.exe”


Keep hitting next and provide

directory information


3. When you hit this page, choose the required (e.g., gcc4) and optional packages


Search the package

name here

Expand package category

by clicking ‘+’

Click here to install all the

optional package

When you are done, hit ‘next’


Installing NS2Installing NS24. Open Cygwin5. Download and extract ns2allinone2.35-RC3 package6. Go to your home directory by typing

» cdHere, you can type pwd to see the full path of your home directory.7. Extract the package by calling

»tar -xvf ns-allinone-2.35-RC3.tar.gz


8. When done, call

»cd ns-allinone-2.35-RC3

»./install

9. When the installation completes adds the followings into the file “.bashrc” located in your home directoryNSHOME=~/ns-allinone-2.35-RC3

OTCL_LIB=${NSHOME}/otcl-1.14

NS2_LIB=${NSHOME}/lib

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB

export TCL_LIBRARY=${NSHOME}/tcl8.5.8/library

PATH=$PATH:${NSHOME}/ns-2.35:${NSHOME}/nam-1.15

Note: Look carefully at the directory you might have to change something

Installing NS2Installing NS2


1. Test whether the NS2 directory should be added to the $PATH variableTest by executing

>> echo $PATH

Your NS2 path should be shown above.You can now execute NS2 from any directory

Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation


2. Now type ns

An NS command prompt % should appear on the screen, and you are done!

Verifying the InstallationVerifying the Installation


If it’s not working, you may create a link to ns2 executable

>>cd /usr/local/bin

>>ln –s /home/T_Bear/ns-allinone-2.35-RC3/ns-

2.35/ns.exe

And, now you should be able to run ns2

Troubleshooting Troubleshooting


AcknowledgementAcknowledgement I would like to acknowledge

tumblr.com, slideshare.net

Lupe Krops for useful discussion.

Aslinda Hassan for confirming the problem with gcc

version.

Tom Handerson and Sidney Doria for his suggestion on

ns-2.35

Chaiyut Jandang for his blog (

http://jacaranda-jandaeng.blogspot.com/2009/12/ns2-ns-234-ubuntu-904.html

) in Thai language

Sucha Supittayapornpong for introducing

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For more information For more information about NS 2about NS 2

Please see this book from Springer

T. Issaraiyakul and E. Hossain, “Introduction to Network Simulator NS2”, Springer 2009


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