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Installation of Network Simulator (NS2.35) in Mac OS

Installing NS2 in Mac OS is always a tougher task. Setting and configuring so many config files, etc.
But the latest version of NS2 (ns-2.35) is easily installing under Mac OS

OS Taken here is Mac OS 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
NS Version is ns-2.35 RC8

Prerequisites: Mac OS should be installed with the developer pacakge called xcode
with the help of Xcode only, all development modules can be handled.

So, the first step is to install the xcode, Download Xcode from this link http://developer.apple.com/xcode/

Download the ns-allinone-2.35 rc8 for installation, Download from http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/dist/release/RC8/

1. Install Xcode
2. Unzip or untar ns-2.35 using the command "tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35-xxx.tar.gz" (without quotes)
3. The ns-2.35 configuration files contains  the path to xlibdir and xincdir, so you need not include the path for those directories.
4. kindly ensure that the path to xlibdir and xincdir are installed on your Mac OS(Xcode)
5. execute the command ./install inside the directory (~ns-allinone-2.35-xxx/) (use terminal to install) .
6. Once installed successfully, the path setting information will be provided to you. copy those informations and put it in a file called .profile or .bash_profile (please note that there is a dot in these files)

in my case, this is the path information (include the following line in the .profile file)

export PATH=$PATH:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/bin:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/tcl8.5.8/unix:/Users/VIT/Downloads/ns-allinone-2.35-RC8/tk8.5.8/unix

and also one more path called LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH= <paths>

7. finally execute the command "source .profile" (wihtout quotes) and logout and login back.

open the terminal and type ns (you will get a % symbol indicates that the ns2 is installed successfully)
type nam and you can see a animation window is popping out.
(thats it)

if you want to install ns2.34 and earlier versions in Mac OS, then the above method will not be suitable for you. you need to include the
xlibdir and xincdir path in all the config files of ns2
xlibdir=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/lib
xincdir=/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX10.4u.sdk//usr/include
and then proceed with the above steps..







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  1. UnknownNovember 10, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Hi,
    I am trying to install ns2-allinone-2.35-rc8 on a mac 10.6 but i get hte following error any helpwould be really appreciated. Thanks in advance

    * Build OTcl-1.14
    ~~~~~~~some more lines here ~~~~~~~~~
    gcc -o otclsh -g -O2 -I. -I/theDev/ns-allinone-2.35/include -I/theDev/ns-allinone-2.35/include -I/theDev/ns-allinone-2.35/include -I/include otclAppInit.c \
    -L. -lotcl -L/theDev/ns-allinone-2.35/lib -ltk8.5 -L/theDev/ns-allinone-2.35/lib -ltcl8.5 -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lXext -lX11 -lm
    Undefined symbols for architecture x86_64:

    ~~~~~~~some more lines here ~~~~~~~~~
    ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
    collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
    make: *** [otclsh] Error 1
    otcl-1.14 make failed! Exiting .

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  2. T S Pradeep KumarNovember 17, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    I was not worked on Mac OS before, but i tried the first time and i succeeded in installing ns2.35. anyway i look into it.

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  3. UnknownNovember 29, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    I have the same problem with UpStreamSwimmer,and I can not find the solution...

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  4. T S Pradeep KumarDecember 10, 2011 at 8:38 PM

    i Tried again in Mac OS Lion, it was installed successfully....

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    1. BostanipAugust 9, 2012 at 12:46 PM

      Hello,

      I try to install "ns-allinone-2.35" on MacOS lion but when I run ./install and it fails to build OTcl-1.14, as you can see below:

      ============================================================
      * Build OTcl-1.14
      ============================================================
      No .configure file found in current directory
      Continuing with default options...
      checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin11.3.0
      ........
      ........
      ........
      "___CFConstantStringClassReference", referenced from:
      CFString in libtcl8.5.a(tclMacOSXNotify.o)
      CFString in libtcl8.5.a(tclMacOSXBundle.o)
      CFString in libtcl8.5.a(tclMacOSXBundle.o)
      ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
      collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
      make: *** [otclsh] Error 1
      otcl-1.14 make failed! Exiting ...
      See http://www.isi.edu/nsnam/ns/ns-problems.html for problems


      Do you know how can I solve this problem, please?
      Best Regards,

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    2. AnonymousAugust 15, 2012 at 11:24 AM

      hi friends,

      you have to make changes in the .install file, until unless we will get the error like this...

      totally four changes we have to do in the ./install file.

      thanks

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    I as well have the same problem and UpStreamSwimmer and Bency Lin... any update? using Os X 10.7

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  6. aheshamApril 2, 2012 at 11:05 PM

    me to have the same problem
    ld: symbol(s) not found for architecture x86_64
    any help i use mac os 10.7

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    1. BostanipAugust 9, 2012 at 1:09 PM

      Hello Ahmed,

      I have exactly the same problem as you. Would you please let me know how you solved this problem?

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    2. AnonymousNovember 14, 2012 at 2:12 AM

      You just need to download the patch from here
      http://old.nabble.com/file/p34431582/install.osx.patch
      Then
      cd ns-allinone-2.35
      patch -p1 -i install.osx.patch
      ./install
      And continue with the guide.

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