Install ns2.34 on Ubuntu 10.04

1) Download ns2.34 allinone package from http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files%2Fallinone%2Fns-allinone-2.34/

2) Uncompress to your own directory by using command "tar -zvxf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz"

3) Install some development files,

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install build-essential

sudo apt-get install libc6-dev g++ gcc-4.3

sudo apt-get install tcl8.4 tcl8.4-dev tk8.4 tk8.4-dev

sudo apt-get install autoconf automake libxmu-dev libxmu-headers

4) Then,


$cd ns-allinone.2.34/

$./install

5) If got "otcl-1.13 make failed! Exiting" error,
i)edit the configure.in file in otcl-1.13, Line77 SHLIB_LD="ld -shared" -> SHLIB_LD="gcc -shared"
ii)edit the configure file in otcl-1.13, Line6304 SHLIB_LD="ld -shared" -> SHLIB_LD="gcc -shared"

6) Edit otcl-1.13/Makefile.in,

CC= @CC@ -> CC= gcc-4.3

7) Then,

$cd ns-allinone.2.34/

$./install

8) If got an error like

"`.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN11taskPending10taskStatusEh' referenced in section `.rodata' of wpan/p802_15_4mac.o: defined in discarded section `.gnu.linkonce.t._ZN11taskPending10taskStatusEh' of wpan/p802_15_4mac.o
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [ns] error 1"

, that is because you are using gcc3.3 to compile it. And you have to change gcc compiler version to gcc4 or above.

9) Then, it should work. Finally, dont forget to modify .bashrc file to add environment variables.

export PATH=$PATH:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/lib

export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIBRARY:/YOURDIR/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library