INSTALLING NS-2.35 ON UBUNTU 13.04

Here are the steps for installing ns-2.35 on Ubuntu 13.04 and before versions.

Open Terminal and …

[Step 1] Install some Essential Libraries and Softwares:

sudo apt-get install tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev

sudo apt-get install gcc-4.4 g++-4.4

sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake

sudo apt-get install perl xgraph libxt-dev libx11-dev libxmu-dev

[Step 2] Download ns-2.35

Download ns-2.35 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/latest/download

Unpack ns2 to your Desktop directory tar -zxvf ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz -C /home/khawajaali/Desktop

(or simply unzip the package on your desktop)

[Step 3] Modify the OTcl makefile

Open /home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/otcl-1.14/Makefile.in

Change CC = @CC@ to CC=gcc-4.4

Save the file

[Step 4] Install ns2

cd /home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35

./install

(this will take a while)

[Step 5] Modify ~/.bashrc

Once the installation is successful (without any errors), we need to add the path information to the file ~/.bashrc

gedit ~/.bashrc

Now Add these lines in the end of the file

#LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/otcl-1.14
NS2_LIB=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/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:$USR_LOCAL_LIB
# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tcl8.5.10/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB
# PATH
XGRAPH=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/bin:/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tcl8.5.10/unix:/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/tk8.5.10/unix
# Note: the above two lines starting from XGRAPH should come in the same line
NS=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-2.35/
NAM=/home/khawajaali/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.15/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

Save the modification and close the file

source ~/.bashrc

And that is all :D *cheers*

Now type ns to see % and type nam to show the nam startup window, This shows the installation has been successful.

Important : you should replace /home/khawajaali/Desktop with the path to your Desktop folder.

Still unable to complete the installation ? Post your issues in the comment section below