Installing Network Simulator 2 (ns-2.35) in Ubuntu 13.10 (64 bit)

This post will tell the installation steps for NS2 under Ubuntu 13.10.
Step 1:  Download NS2 package (ns-allinone-2.35)
Step 2:  Copy the file to /home/pradeep folder (you can use your corresponding home path).
Step 3:  Open the terminal and execute the commands one by one

• Prompt:- sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev  (all these packages may not be needed, but install all the above for a safer installation of ns2)
• Prompt:- tar zxvf ns-allinone-2.35.tar.gz
• Prompt:- cd ns-allinone-2.35
• Open the file (~ns-2.35/linkstate/ls.h)  using gedit or vi or vim and in line number 137 and change the following line
  void eraseAll() { erase(baseMap::begin(), baseMap::end()); }
  to
  void eraseAll() { this->erase(baseMap::begin(), baseMap::end()); }
• Prompt:- ./install 

ns2.35 on ubuntu

Once the installation is completed you may see the screen like the image given below.

Copy the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH information in to your variable, you may use the /home/pradeep/.bashrc file and copy and paste the PATH and LD_LIBRARY_PATH as shown below.

PATH information in Ubuntu

type ns or nam in the terminal to check whether it is working or not.

For ns, a % symbol indicates the successful installation of NS2

for nam, an animator window will be popping out which indicates the sucessfull installation of NAM. 

Thats it: Try yourself to install and let you comment below for the successful installation