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Appendix B Ns-3 Installation: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Simulation Using ns-3, First Edition. 2020 TL On Research Group

The document outlines the 10 step process to install the ns-3 network simulator on Ubuntu/Debian/Mint Linux distributions. It includes downloading the package, extracting, installing dependencies, configuring, and running tests. It also lists additional packages needed for features like visualization and virtual machines.

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Appendix B Ns-3 Installation: Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Simulation Using ns-3, First Edition. 2020 TL On Research Group

The document outlines the 10 step process to install the ns-3 network simulator on Ubuntu/Debian/Mint Linux distributions. It includes downloading the package, extracting, installing dependencies, configuring, and running tests. It also lists additional packages needed for features like visualization and virtual machines.

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APPENDIX B

NS-3 INSTALLATION

The next are the steps to install ns-3, we recommend install on Linux distributions, the example is in
Ubuntu/Debian/Mint, for other operative systems view ns-nam installation. You can download other the
version only changing he version numbers on the links.(For this example the version is 3.XX)
Step 1: Download ns-allineone3.XX
1 https://www.nsnam.org/release/ns-allinone-3.XX.tar.bz2

Step 2: Copy ns-allineone3.XX in your Desktop or in a directiryt that you prefer.


Step 3: Extract the packet with the command:
1 tar xjf ns-allinone-3.XX.tar.bz2

Step 4: Open the console and install the next libraries:


1 sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev python3 python3-dev
2 python3-setuptoolsv mercurial bzr gdb valgrind gsl-bin libgsl0-dev
3 libgsl0ldbl git flex bison tcpdump sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev libxml2
4 libxml2-dev libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev uncrustify doxygen graphviz imagemagick
5 texlive texlivelatex-extra texlive-generic-extra texlive-generic-recommended
6 texinfo dia texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-extra-utils qt5-default
7 openmpi-bin openmpi-common openmpi-doc libopenmpi-dev texi2html
8 texlive-generic-recommended python-pygraphviz python-kiwi gdb valgrind
9 python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev pythonpygccxml uncrustify
10 doxygen graphviz imagemagick python3-sphinx dia gsl-bin libgsl-dev
11 libgsl23 libgslcblas0

Support for ns-3-pyviz visualizer. For ns-3.28 and earlier releases, PyViz is based on GTK+ 2,
GooCanvas, and GraphViz:
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1 apt-get install python-pygraphviz python-kiwi python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev ipython

For Ubuntu 18.04, python-pygoocanvas is no longer provided. The ns-3.29 release and later upgrades
the support to GTK+ version 3, and requires these packages:
1 apt-get install gir1.2-goocanvas-2.0 python-gi python-gi-cairo python-pygraphviz
2 python3-gi python3-gi-cairo python3-pygraphviz gir1.2-gtk-3.0 ipython ipython3

Step 5: Open the directory ns-allinone-3.XX


1 $ cd ns-allinone-3.XX

Step 6: Use the command ls to view the ns-3 archives


1 $ls

Step 7: Enter the next command in the terminal on the directory ns − allinone − 3.XX
1 $./build.py --enable-examples --enable-tests

If debugging is correct, you see the next message in your console:


1 "Build finished successfully"

Step 8 : Now debugging with the command .waf (go to ns 3.XX directory) and type:
1 $ ./waf -d debug --enable-examples --enable-tests configure

Step 9: Run the command .waf again


1 ./waf

Step 10: Make the test on all packets, with the following command
1 ./test.py

Additional Features:

A GTK-based graphic modules configuration system


1 apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev

To experiment with virtual machines and ns-3


1 apt-get install vtun lxc

Support for openflow module (requires some boost libraries)


1 apt-get install libboost-signals-dev libboost-filesystem-dev

For do it the installation on other Operative Systems follow the next link https://www.nsnam.
org/wiki/Installation

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