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NS-2.34 Installation On Ubuntu 12.04

This document provides instructions for installing NS-2.34 on Ubuntu 12.04. It involves downloading the NS-2.34 file, installing required libraries, extracting and modifying specific files, running the installation, setting the path, and validating the installation. Minor modifications are needed to some files to avoid errors during installation. Once installed, typing 'ns' in the terminal should start the NS-2 simulator.

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NS-2.34 Installation On Ubuntu 12.04

This document provides instructions for installing NS-2.34 on Ubuntu 12.04. It involves downloading the NS-2.34 file, installing required libraries, extracting and modifying specific files, running the installation, setting the path, and validating the installation. Minor modifications are needed to some files to avoid errors during installation. Once installed, typing 'ns' in the terminal should start the NS-2 simulator.

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Though this is aimed at 12.04 version you can try installing in any version of Ubuntu before upgrading!

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1.Download ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz file from
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/
2.Copy the ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz file in to the desktop directory.
Note: All the commands listed from here assumes the ns2 to be in desktop; you can put the extracted file anywhere and change the address in
the commands correspondingly.
3.open terminal type:
sudo apt-get update (to get list of update packages/libraries in OS)
3.Install required libraries for ns2 using terminal:
sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
sudo apt-get install xorg-dev g++ xgraph
4.Extract the ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz file by typing following commands in terminal:
cd Desktop <Enter>
tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz <Enter>
(A new folder named ns-allinone-2.34 will be generated.)
5.To avoid installation errors modify the specified files in ns-allinone-2.34 folder as specified below:

i.In ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13/configure
change into
SHLIB_LD="gcc -shared"
instead of
SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
ii.ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/tools/ranvar.cc line:219 change
return GammaRandomVariable::GammaRandomVariable(1.0 + alpha_, beta_).value() * pow (u, 1.0 / alpha_);
to
return GammaRandomVariable(1.0 + alpha_, beta_).value() * pow (u, 1.0 / alpha_);
iii.Change the lines 183 % and 185 in file ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/mobile/nakagami.cc to
resultPower = ErlangRandomVariable(Pr/m, int_m).value();
and
resultPower = GammaRandomVariable(m, Pr/m).value();
respectively.
iv.Next add a bellow line after line 64 in ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/mac/mac-802_11Ext.h
#include <stddef.h>
6. Installation. in terminal goto Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34 and type:
./install
This takes about 5min and note down the instructions you get for setting path.
7. Setting Path;According to instructions you get on the terminal after installation change the following path
i.In terminal sudo gedit ~/.bash_aliases
ii.Then copy the following path into .bash_aliases and modify according to your instructions:

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/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:$USR_LOCAL_LIB
# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library
Installation of ns-2.34 in Ubuntu (preferably 12.04)
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USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB
# PATH
XGRAPH=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/anurag/Desktop
/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix
NS=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/
NAM=/home/anurag/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.14/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM
iii.Then it takes effect immediately you should give below mentioned using terminal.
source ~/.bashrc

8. Now move to Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34 and type:
./validate
Validations tests are performed for about 10-15 min.
9.If you type ns in your terminal % should be displayed.
-----------------------------------------This Completes the installation----------------------------------------



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