How to Install NS3 in Windows

How to Install NS3 in Windows

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  1. VMware setup

    Right click on the VMware setup and run as administrativeVMware setup

  2. VMware setup and administrative

    VMware setup and run as administrative
    Click next button
    Click on typical and press next in all coming windows till installation completion.VMware setup and run as administrative

  3. VMware workstation window

    After the complete installation the bellow window will be displayed.VMware workstation window

  4. Installation of Virtual machine / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

    Create on a new virtual machine. press link
    Press in typical checkbox and press next.
    Click “installer disk image file” and press browse button
    These pressings will leads you into your system and you have to select you’re your Ubuntu disk image or ISO file.Installation of Virtual machine / Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  5. Installation and Downloading of NS3

    Please follow these steps for the installation and downloading of NS3.
    Click on the browser / Mozilla in Ubuntu screen / Virtual Machine.
    Write this link in browser ( https://www.nsnam.org/releases/ ).
    Download NS3 3.30 version.
    After downloading extract the NS3 in desktop.Installation and Downloading of NS3

  6. Sudo apt-get updates

    Sudo apt-get updates (then enter password that you enter in easy installation process)Sudo apt-get updates

  7. Install the following libraries and press enter

    Then install the following libraries and press enter
    sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev mercurial bzr gdb valgrind gsl-bin libgsl-dev libgsl2 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-pygccxmllibraries

  8. NS3 extracted folder

    Now open (ns-allinone-3.30.1) NS3 extracted folder then.
    ./build.py —enable-examples –enable-testsNS3 extracted folder

  9. Open ns-allinone-3.30.1\ns-3.30.1 folder

    Now open ns-allinone-3.30.1\ns-3.30.1 folder then.
    ./waf –build-profile=debug –enable-examples –enable-tests configureopen ns-allinone-3.30.1\ns-3.30.1 folder

  10. NS3 Installation

    NS3 has installed successfully using the below command
    ./waf –build-profile=debug –enable-examples –enable-tests configure
    ./waf
    ./test.pyNS3 Installation

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