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Setting up ns2 on your linux box

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

It was just this normal day and a friend asks me to lend a hand and setup ns2 on his laptop which was running susse linux.

After some 5 attempts, i finally found some post on the web by some guy and it really helped a lot and at the end of the sixth attempt, i had already started simulating networks.

The procedure is shown below:

NS2 Installation for Starters
How to install NS 2 on Linux, The step by Step Procedure

Step 1:Get NS2 All in one package from the below link or by clicking here

Step 2:Copy the tar file in /home/

Step 3:Extract the tar file located in /home/ #tar -zxvf File name

Step 4:#cd

Step 5:#./install
/* This will run the install Script, wait for the output */

Step 6:Now it is the time for setting environment variable, Copy the message displayed after running the above commmand to a text file else copy and paste this in a new text file ===================================
PATH=$PATH:/home/ns-allinone-2.31/bin:/home/ns-allinone-2.31/tcl8.4.14/unix:/home/ns-allinone-2.31/tk8.4.14/unix
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ns-allinone-2.31/otcl-1.13:/home/ns-allinone-2.31/lib

TCL_LIBRARY=/home/ns-allinone-2.31/tcl8.4.14/library
export PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export TCL_LIBRARY
================================
Step 7:save the file as ns2.sh

Step 8:copy the file into /etc/profile.d/

Step 9: either restart the machine or relogin

Step 10:Now run these commands
#cd ns-2.31/
#./configure
#make
#make clean
#./validate

Step 11: all done , just type ns at terminal
e.g. #ns
%

and it is ready !
Enjoy simulating networks, protocols whatever you like, All the Best !

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