these are the steps to install NS-2

ns2 installation

you can follow these steps in any linux environment

INSTALLING NS-2 ON FEDORA 8

STEP 1

From terminal login as super user and do the following.(internet must also be connected in order to install the package dependencies.

yum install autoconf
yum install automake
yum install gcc-c++
yum install libX11-devel
yum install xorg-x11-proto-devel
yum install libXt-devel
And for nam installation (optional):
yum install libXmu-devel

STEP 2

From terminal go to the folder where the ns-allinone patch is placed and type the following to extract
$ tar -xzf ns-allinone-2.31.tar.gz
$ cd ns-allinone-2.29
$. /install

STEP 3

Now go to /etc folder and type

gedit ~/.bashrc

Add the following lines to the end of it. Remember replace "/your/path" by something like "/home/kazim". And accordingly also change the version numbers. This is for ns 2.31.

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/lib
X11_LIB=/usr/X11R6/lib
USR_LOCAL_LIB=/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB:$X11_LIB:$USR_LOCAL_LIB

# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/tcl8.4.14/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB

# PATH
XGRAPH=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/bin:/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/tcl8.4.14/unix:/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/tk8.4.14/unix
NS=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31/
NAM=/your/path/ns-allinone-2.31/nam-1.13/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

Let it take effect immediately

source ~/.bashrc



Note: the step described above is important; otherwise, you cannot run ns successfully.
or you can restart your X windows.i.e. logout and then login, or reboot your system, to make it work.)

Now, the installation has been completed. If you try:
$ ns

Then a "%" will appear on the screen.type "exit" to quit the mode and back to "$"


If you miss out step 1 you may get the following errors

Build XGraph-12.1
============================================================
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... missing
checking if malloc debugging is wanted... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
Can not create xgraph; But xgraph is an optional package, continuing...

If you miss step 3

At the prompt when you type ns you will get
Ns command not found

I am getting an error of NS -make failed wat sud i do??

adi.svp said:

I am getting an error of NS -make failed wat sud i do??

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can u tell me in which platform u r installing ns2 and which version? u can contact me at my mail arkmec@gmail.com

Running NS2 in windows is very easy. Here is a step by step tutorial how to install it in Windows:
Ns2 Installation on Windows | paulson.in

I just did recently and I found it very useful

hi..
i have followed the same instructions mentioned "in the steps to install ns2" ..
when i have completed all the procedure and write in terminal " ns"
% sign appears but before this a message is displayed

....................................................................
bash: export: :/usr/X11R6/lib:/usr/local/lib': not a valid identifier
[anam@localhost ~]$ ns
%

.....................
what does it mean...is ns is not working properly....

well if the sign appears that it is installed. no worries

Salam,
First, thank you Kazim for this tutorial.
Second, in response to adi.svp, you have to execute “./install” as a root.
Third, to anamnazir (to Kazim too), there is a typo in the tutorial “$NS2_LI B”. There should be no space.
Fourth, Thank you and have a nice coding ;-).

Re: ns2 installation

nstallation &validation failed in ns2.31 on ubuntu 10.04 lucid
hi sir

Actually me and my friends trying to install ns2.31 on ubuntu 10.04 since 1 month but not good results came yet.this is the error came when i install and validate....

error occur while ./install

checking for XShmAttach in -lXext... yes
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking system version (for dynamic loading)... Linux-2.6.32-33-generic
No explicit static compilation flag; setting V_STATIC to ""
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
rm -f libotcl.so otcl.o so_locations
gcc-4.3 -c -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -DUSE_SHM -fpic -I. -I/home/guna/ns-allinone-2.31/include -I/home/guna/ns-allinone-2.31/include -I/home/guna/ns-allinone-2.31/include -I/include otcl.c
make: gcc-4.3: Command not found
make: *** [libotcl.so] Error 127
otcl-1.13 make failed! Exiting ...
See The Network Simulator ns-2: Installation Problems and Help for problems
guna@ubuntu:~/ns-allinone-2.31$

error occur while ./validate

Running test full-asymmetric:
../../ns test-suite-delaybox.tcl full-asymmetric QUIET
./test-all-template1: 149: ../../ns: Too many levels of symbolic links
Test not implemented
All test output agrees with reference output.
Fri Dec 30 12:22:30 IST 2011
These messages are NOT errors and can be ignored:
warning: using backward compatibility mode
This test is not implemented in backward compatibility mode

validate overall report: some tests failed:
./test-all-simultaneous
to re-run a specific test, cd tcl/test; ./test-all-TEST-NAME
Notice that some tests in webcache will fail on freebsd when -O is turned on.
This is due to some event reordering, which will disappear when -g is turned on.
guna@ubuntu:~/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31$ source ~/.bashrc
guna@ubuntu:~/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31$ ns
ns: command not found
guna@ubuntu:~/ns-allinone-2.31/ns-2.31$

sir,

i used so many different installation steps all is failed, currently i used this steps......

How to install NS2 with Ubuntu 10.04 By Noor Zaman

This manual will work for NS2 allinone-2.34 with Ubuntu 10.4. As Ubuntus new version 10.04 needs following packages before any further installation, otherwise it will not work with it.
Please follow the following steps:

1. Install necessary tools for building:

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev gcc-4.3

2. It turns out that otcl does not like the version of gcc installed by default in Lucid. So go ahead and change ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13/Makefile.in. Find the line that says:

CC= @CC@
and change it to:
CC= gcc-4.3
3. Now follow the following steps for installation of nsallinone 2.34 and it will work with your machine. (copy ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz)

Suppose that there is "ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz" in current directory (e.g. "~/" for me is "/home/noor").
All steps are done in Terminal, so open a terminal in Accessories/Terminal.To extract the file:
tar xvfz ./ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz


4. Change your directory within terminal as following way

$ cd /home/noor$ cd /home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34

5. Download & install some packages from repository if needed (Now its optional)

$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
6. Install the ns2

$ cd ns-allinone-2.34
$ ./install
7. Edit some paths

$ gedit ~/.bashrc
8. Put these lines on that file in the last. Off course, you might change /home/noor for it depends on where you extract ns-allinone-2.34.tar.

# LD_LIBRARY_PATHOTCL_LIB=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13NS2_LIB=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/libX11_LIB=/usr/X11R6/libUSR_LOCAL_LIB=/usr/local/libexport LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB:$X11_LIB:$USR_LOCAL_LIB# TCL_LIBRARYTCL_LIB=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/libraryUSR_LIB=/usr/libexport TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB# PATHXGRAPH=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix:/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/xgraph-12.1/NS=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/NAM=/home/noor/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.13/export PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

9. Validate it (take very long time compare to install process)
$ cd ns-2.33$ ./validate

10. Let it take effect immediately

$ source ~/.bashrc

11. Try to run it as following way, by just typing ns with terminal

$ ns
12. If the installation is successful, then you will be able to see % at the command prompt. Type following command to exit
% exit

13. Good luck and please keep remember me in your prays(Thanks in advance). Noor Zaman, King Faisal University, Saudi Arabia.


sir pls help me...thanks in advance.....

Re: ns2 installation

What is the version of the installed gcc ? (Type "gcc -v")

Re: ns2 installation

Amine Karafi said:

What is the version of the installed gcc ? (Type "gcc -v")

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hi sir
i tried with gcc4.3 and 4.1, both are not working...can u give me a clear installation steps for ns2.31 on ubuntu 10.04..thanks in advance...

Re: ns2 installation

Respected Sir, i am trying to install yum in my FEDORA 17, but it is giving error as below. Please guide me to install the YUM.


[root@ECC staff]# yum install gcc
Loaded plugins: langpacks, presto, refresh-packagekit
Error: Cannot retrieve metalink for repository: fedora. Please verify its path and try again

Re: ns2 installation

on writing ./install, m getting permission denied

Sir Kazim ,
I install ns2 upto step 2 successfully.but i m geting problem in step 3.....in bash file i m unable to paste path..the new tab i m opening to give path is not getting path....
please help me...thanks in advance ...