

validate This will test the installation of NS2 with the predefined examples. ns-2.27) and then type the following commandĦ. Validating NS2: Move to the folder containing NS-2(i.e.

if in any case if u get an error message saying that package missing, it means that those packages are skipped at the time of installation so u have to install those packages by doing setup again. If all the above steps are followed there should not be any error in installing NS2. IMP NOTE: if in the process, you get a prompt saying package diff missing do u want to proceed, press Y for proceeding or N for exiting. install This command will initiate the process of installing NS2. Installing the packages from extracted files : Commands to be executed : cd ns-allinone-2.27 after the above step. Extraction of files : Extract the installation files by the following commands: gzip d ns-allinone-2.27.tar.gz tar xvf ns-allinone-2.27.tar by the above commands there will be directory created in the name of ns-allinone f. Inorder to extract the NS installation file, go to the location where the installation file is stored, by following commands: cd c: cd cygwin/ e. Now open the cygwin window by clicking the cygwin shortcut on the desktop d. Download NS-2 installation file from : tar.gz b. 4) Installation Instructions for Network Simulator (NS-2) a. After this step the installation window looks like this.ĥ Just click Next to make cygwin installed. In order to make all packages installed, click the each of skip entry. In order to achieve this, Click view button, until it shows full.

Selection of packages to install Since CYGWIN has lot of packages, its desirable to install all packages.
