Install NS3

Install NS3 (ns-allinone-3.17) on Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 for beginners

Installation steps for NS3 (ns-allinone-3.17):
Follow the given steps for the installation of NS-3. First install some dependencies to enable the NS-3 execution environment on your Ubuntu 12.04/14.04 LTS machine.
  1. sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python
  2. sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev
  3. sudo apt-get install mercurial
  4. sudo apt-get install bzr
  5. sudo apt-get install gdb valgrind
  6. sudo apt-get install gsl-bin libgsl0-dev libgsl0ldbl
  7. sudo apt-get install flex bison libfl-dev
  8. sudo apt-get install g++-3.4 gcc-3.4
  9. sudo apt-get install tcpdump
  10. sudo apt-get install sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
  11. sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev
  12. sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev
  13. sudo apt-get install vtun lxc
  14. sudo apt-get install uncrustify
  15. sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz imagemagick
  16. sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-extra-utils texlive-latex-extra
  17. sudo apt-get install python-sphinx dia
  18. sudo apt-get install python-pygraphviz python-kiwi python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev
  19. sudo apt-get install libboost-signals-dev libboost-filesystem-dev
If any package library is not found then go to software solution center and install all package and library clearly.
Now download the package of NS-3 from its official website:
http://www.nsnam.org/ns-3-17/
Extract the downloaded package and go to it via terminal, then run some executable files given in subfolder: like as
cd /home/user_name/Documents/ns-allinone-3.17
./build.py
chnage the directory : cd /home/user_name/Documents/ns-allinone-3.17/ns-3.17
./test.py
Configure the waf using the following commands once during installation:
./waf configure
./waf
NS3 enables support for animation with the tools NetAnim and support for graphs using GnuPlot tool.
For enabling gnuplot run the commands:
sudo apt-get install gnuplot
sudo apt-get install gimp
sudo apt-get install qt4-dev-tools
To install NetAnim support run the commands:
Go to the NetAnim folder and run the following commands to enable support for animation tool:
make clean
qmake NetAnim.pro
make

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