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NS2softwareinstallationinWindowsplatformsimpletutorial

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ThisarticleaimstoguidetheNS2softwareinstallationprocessinWindowsplatform,sothatthe

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majorityofNS2userscancompleteprocessintheshortestpossibletime.HereIhavegiventhestep
bystepNS22.34installationprocesswithscreenshots.Readthearticlebelow.

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ROM.InsidethevirtualCDROMyoucanfindsetup.exe,doubleclickonit.Now,aCygwininstallationdialogboxopens.Followthesteps
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CygwinInstallation
1.ChooseaDownloadSource:Forthisdialogboxselect"InstallfromLocalDirectory"radiobuttonandclicknext.
2.SelectRootInstallDirectory:In"RootDirectory"columnenterC:\cygwinandselectAllUsersandUnix/binaryradiobuttons.
3.Selectpackages:Don'tmisstoinstallbelowpackagesotherwiseNS2won'twork.SelectcurrentradiobuttonandclickonViewto
togglepackagebrowsingmode.

gcc
gccg++
gnuplot
make
patch
perl
tar
Xstartupscripts
xorgx11base
xorgx11bin
xorgx11devel
xorgx11bindlls
xorgx11binlndir
xorgx11etc
xorgx11fenc
xorgx11fnts
xorgx11libsdata
xorgx11xwin

Betteryouinstallallthepackages.EvenifyoumissonepackageNS2willnotworkproperly.

NS2installation
4.Afterthisprocess,Cygwininstallationwillbeover.NowdownloadNS2packagefromthebelowlink.
http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/nsallinone2.29.tar.gz

5.DownloadNS2compressedpackageandcopythepackagetoC:\cygwin\home\YOUR_PATH(YOUR_PATHprobablyyouruser
name).NS2packagemustbeintheCygwin'shomedirectory.

6.Usethefollowingcommandtoextractthecompressedpackage.Lineafterdollarsymbolisthecommandyouneedtotype.
Command1:$tarxvfznsallinone2.29.tar.gz

Note:ModifytheC:\cygwin\home\dinglan\nsallinone2.29\nam1.11\agent.hfile.Inline73enterasNULL0.

Command2:$cd/home/dinglan/nsallinone2.29/ns2.29

Command3:$./configuremakecleanmakedependmake
Abovecommandwilltakesometimesopleasebepatient.

7.GototheC:\cygwin\home\YOUR_PATHdirectoryandfind.bashrcfile.Nowcopytheandpastethebelowlinesintheendof
.bashrcfile.Openthis.bashrcusingatexteditor.EditwhereverImentionedasYOUR_PATH.

exportNS_HOME="/home/YOUR_PATH/nsallinone2.29"
export
PATH="$NS_HOME/nam1.11:$NS_HOME/tcl8.4.11/unix:$NS_HOME/tk8.4.11/unix:$NS_HO
ME/bin:$PATH"
exportLD_LIBRARY_PATH="$NS_HOME/tcl8.4.11/unix:$NS_HOME/tk8.4.11/
unix:$NS_HOME/otcl1.11:$NS_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"

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exportTCL_LIBRARY="$NS_HOME/tcl8.4.11/library"

Verification
8.Runthecommand
$startxwin.bat
$cd/nsallinone2.29/ns2.29/wimax_example
$nsexample2.tcl

Commandstartxwin.batwillswitchtoNS2modeandshowssomedemofiles.Commandcd/nsallinone2.29/ns2.29/wimax_example
willopenexampleprojectsavailableinNS2.Technicallyit'saTCLdemoscriptandyoucanverifyitbyrunninganyoneofthescript.If
youhaven'tinstalledanypackagescorrectlythenyoumayfaceproblems.Torunascriptusethecommandnsexample2.tcl.The
outputwillbelikebelow.

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GuestAuthor:jagadish30Sep2014
Iamgettingthebelowerrorwhileinstallingns2onWindows.Pleasehelpme.

jagan@jaganPC~
$tarxvfznsallinone2.29.tar.gz
tar(child):nsallinone2.29.tar.gz:Cannotopen:Nosuchfileordirectory
tar(child):Errorisnotrecoverable:exitingnow
tar:Childreturnedstatus2
tar:Errorisnotrecoverable:exitingnow

jagan@jaganPC~
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