How to install NS3 in Linux Mint & Ubuntu

ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems, targeted primarily for research and educational use. ns-3 is free software, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license, and is publicly available for research, development, and use. 

Take a look to how to install NS3 in ubuntu or Linux Mint 

To install NS in Linux 

 Requirements

•   ubuntu 10.10 or higher
•  an internet conenction
  

if you have both  follow the simple steps 

   1. open the Terminal

   2.First update the Ubuntu repos:

$sudo apt-get update

After this install the following packages 

$ sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python

$ sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev

$ sudo apt-get install mercurial

$ sudo apt-get install bzr

$ sudo apt-get install gdb valgrind

$ sudo apt-get install gsl-bin libgsl0-dev libgsl0ldbl

$ sudo apt-get install flex bison

$ sudo apt-get install gcc

$ sudo apt-get install g++

$ sudo apt-get install tcpdump

$ sudo apt-get install sqlite sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev

$ sudo apt-get install libxml2 libxml2-dev

$ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev

$ sudo apt-get install vtun lxc

$ sudo apt-get install uncrustify

$ sudo apt-get install doxygen graphviz imagemagick

$ sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-pdf texlive-latex-extra texlive generic-extra texlive-generic-recommended

$ sudo apt-get install python-pygraphviz python-kiwi python-pygoocanvas libgoocanvas-dev

Then make a directory 

$ mkdir ns                                                 //(you can use of different name for ns)

$ cd ns                                                     // (with this command you can enter to your directory)

$ wget https://www.nsnam.org/release/ns-allinone-3.15.tar.bz2   //(if this command doesn’t work you can download and copy it into directory)

$ tar xjf ns-allinone-3.15.tar.bz2                     //(with this command you can extract directory)

$ cd ns-allinone-3.15-RC1

$ ./build.py

$ cd ns-3.15-RC1

$ ./waf configure

$ ./waf

Simulate your networks and enjoy...........