INSTALLING ns-2.35 IN UBUNTU 11.04
Step 1:
Download ns-allinone-2.34 package from NS2 official site. At present the latest version was 2.35 (http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/ns-src-2.xx.tar.gz)
Step 2:
Copy the ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz file in your home folder(/home/raj/Desktop in my case).
I have copied it on my desktop.
Extract the contents of the folder using command.
tar -xzvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz (it will create a file name ns-allinone-2.34)
Step 3:
Open terminal (ctrl+alt+t) and change directory to the ns folder.
$ cd /home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34
Step 4:
Install the dependencies
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev
$ sudo apt-get install gcc-4.4 g++-4.4
Edit Makefile.in which is found at this location ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.14/Makefile.in
as follows:
the line number 270 that says:
“CC= @CC@” and make it “CC=@CC@ -V 4.4″ note : it is caps V not v.
Step 5:
Edit the file ns-2.34/tools/ranvar.cc and change the line 219 :
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_);
Similarly, change the lines 183 and 185 in file ns-2.34/mobile/nakagami.cc to following lines respectively.
resultPower = ErlangRandomVariable(Pr/m, int_m).value();
and
resultPower = GammaRandomVariable(m, Pr/m).value();
open the file ns-2.34/otcl-1.13/configure and change the line number 6304 toSHLIB_LD=”gcc -shared” instead of SHLIB_LD=”ld -shared”
Step 6:
Begin ns2.34 installation
$ ./install
The installation runs for a couple of minutes. Don’t get freaked out on seeing the varieties of warnings and messages over there. . Its normal. Don’t close this terminal. We got some important information in the last section of the installation.
Step 6 :
Add the path information to the file ~/.bashrc
$ gedit ~/.bashrc
Append the following lines to the file ~/.bashrc
export PATH=$PATH:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/bin:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/tcl8.5.8/unix:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/tk8.5.8/unix
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/otcl-1.14:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIBRARY:/home/raj/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34-RC7/tcl8.5.8/library
Here replace /home/raj/Desktop with the path to your home folder.
Step 7 : For immediate effect, enter the following command in the terminal.
$ source ~/.bashrc
Thats it, folks!! Now type ns in terminal. A ‘%’ symbol will be displayed denoting that interpreter is working. Installation Success!!
RAJ MOHAMMED 