How to Install NS2 in Ubuntu 16.04

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-16.04
   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,
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/allinone/ns-allinone-2.35/ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz/download
   Extract the downloaded zip file ‘ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz file’ to home drive.

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 execute the given below command. to download some essential packages for ns2,these packages can be downloaded by using the following commands on the terminal window
   sudo apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade apt-get update apt-get gcc apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake apt-get install tcl8.5-dev tk8.5-dev apt-get install perl xgraph libxt-dev libx11-dev libxmu-dev

5. Change the location

   Now change your directory type the following codes in the command window to install NS2.
   cd ns-allinone-2.35/

6. Execute the install command

   Execute the install command :sudo ./install

7. Execute the command in the terminal

   After completing the installation , next execute the command in the terminal
   gedit ~/.bashrc
   After execute the above command , you can get the window appears,please copy and paste the follwing codes in the end of the text file (note that ‘/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/octl-1.14’ in each line in the below code should be replaced with your location where the ‘ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz’file is extracted)
   LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   OTCL_LIB=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/otcl-1.14
   NS2_LIB=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/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:$USR_LOCAL_LIB
   TCL_LIBRARY
   TCL_LIB=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/tcl8.5.10/library
   USR_LIB=/usr/lib
   export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB
   PATH
   XGRAPH=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/bin:/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/tcl8.5.10/unix:/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/tk8.5.10/unix
   NS=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/ns-2.35/
   NAM=/home/research/ns-allinone-3.26/nam-1.15/
   PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM
   Afet type the above code in the text file Save and close the text editor and then type the below command on the terminal
   source ~/.bashrc
   8)Close the terminal window and start a new terminal window and now change the directory to ns-2.35 and validate ns-2.35 by executing the following command
   cd ns-2.35
   ./validate

8. Validate Terminal Window

   Execute the new terminal window like cd ns-2.35
   ./validate