How to Install NS2

Time needed: 5 minutes

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1. System requirements

   For install the NS-2.35 , we need the following minimum system requirements.
   1)OS : ubuntu-14.04 LTS(32 bit)
   2)RAM :minimum 2GB
   3)Processor: 2.5 GHz and above

2. Download the NS-2.35

   Download the ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz package from the following url, https://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/allinone/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz/download

3. Open the terminal and verify the installed package

   Initially,Next open the terminal by press ctrl+alt+T buttons or search from the installed software list.

4. Required packages

   To install prerequisites typeand execute the given below command
   sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev mercurial bzr gdb valgrind gsl-bin libgsl0-dev libgsl0ldbl flex bison tcpdump sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev uncrustify doxygen graphviz imagemagick texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-generic-extra texlive-generic-recommended texinfo dia texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-extra-utils texlive-generic-recommended texi2html python-pygraphviz python-kiwi python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev python-pygccxml

5. Change the location

   After download the ns-allinone-2.35.tar copy and paste into ubuntu Home location then extract the ns-allinone-2.35.tar file

6. Execute the cd command

   Next terminal to type the command:
   cd ns-allinone-2.35/

7. Execute the command install

   Next terminal to type the command
   sudo ./install

8. Execute the configure command

   Next terminal to type the command
   cd ns-2.35
   sudo ./configure

9. Execute the make command

   Next terminal to type the command
   make