ns2.33 intallation and path setting
 

hello,
i want clear installation and path setting steps for installing ns2.33 in linux fedora 12.please any one of linux experts help me.thankyou.
vahitha

Welcome to LQ. .. .. :)

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LQ Search → Tag Name = ns2

Fedora 10 - 11 - 12 : post #3 here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...11-a-817322/#3

Path : Either try with the path settings suggested, when
you have finished ' ./install ' for ns-allinone-2.33,
Or : install some very few files to a system path :
cd ns-allinone-2.33/otcl-1.13/ &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-release --enable-devel
&& make , # make install
cd ../tclcl-1.19/ &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-release --enable-devel
&& make , # make install
cd ../ns-2.34/
# make install
cd ../nam-1.14/
# make install
..

hello sir,
thank you sir.
your instructions were helpful.
i followed following instructions to install ns2.33 in fedora 12

cd ns-allinone-2.33
./install

sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
#environment values for NS2/NAM
# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/lib
X11_LIB=/usr/X11R6/lib
USR_LOCAL_LIB=/usr/local/lib
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$OTCL_LIB:$NS2_LIB:$X11_LIB:$USR_LOCAL_LIB

# TCL_LIBRARY
TCL_LIB=/your directory/tcl8.4.18/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB

# PATH
XGRAPH=/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/bin:/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/tcl8.4.18/unix:/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/tk8.4.18/unix
NS=/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/ns-2.33/
NAM=/your directory/ns-allinone-2.33/nam-1.13/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

source ~/.bashrc
cd ns-2.33
./validate
now i cleared ns in installation.when i type ns whereever in commandpropt i can get %. but i m struggling with nam.when i type nam i got instruction like following.
[code omitted because of length]
: no event type or button # or keysym
while executing
“bind Listbox {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D / 120) * 4}] units
}”
invoked from within
“if {[tk windowingsystem] eq “classic” || [tk windowingsystem] eq “aqua”} {
bind Listbox {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D)}] units
}
bind Li…”

what steps should be follow to rectify this inconvinent.
please help sir
vahitha

Please read post #2
REPEAT : Fedora 10 - 11 - 12 : post #3 here
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...11-a-817322/#3

QUOTE :
ns-allinone-2.3x also requires the tk-8.4-lastevent.patch :
http://bugs.gentoo.org/attachment.cgi?id=161242
..

cd ns-allinone-2.33/tk-8.4.18/
patch -p0 < tk-8.4-lastevent.patch

And run ./install again : Only tk4.8.18 and nam-1.xx will change,
and you should now get a 'nam' that works. _ _ _ :) _

ns2.33 installation and path setting in fedora12
 

sir,
thankyou sir
i patch the tk-8.4-lastevent.patch file from /ns-allinone/tk8.4.18/
nam is also worked well.

now i executed one tcl program.i can view the result in nam sucessfully.
then,when i execute it with ns program_name.tcl from command prompt the part of my program is executed and i can see the calculated through put and delay etc...in terminal window.

i couldn't get it in graph.
error :ns: proc_name: couldn't execute "xgraph": no such file or directory

what are the steps should be followed and what are the possibilities to get these?

i check well in path setting for xgraph also.
please help me to execute my program successfully.

thankyou.
vahitha

'xgraph' is not considered important, and was never created.
It's a old tool, 2001 and will usually not build on a new Linux.

But you can use a binary from a Debian package :
http://packages.debian.org/stable/math/xgraph
http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool....1-10_i386.deb
> xgraph_12.1-10_i386.deb
Unpack with : 1) ar -x xgraph_12.1-10_i386.deb
2) tar xvf data.tar.gz , and copy 'xgraph' to /usr/local/bin/

Can be tested with ns-allinone-2.34/xgraph-12.1/examples/...
..

sir,
thankyou.
i followed your suggestions to install xgraph.
it is installed sucessfully.
when i execute builtin xgraph from /xgraph-12.1/example/
it is executed sucessfully.
but when i execute my program,i received "problem in input" message.
in which part i should concentrate?

part of my program
# Plot Recorded Statistics

exec xgraph n5-pkt_rec.tr n12-pkt_rec.tr n11-pkt_rec.tr n14-pkt_rec.tr n0-pkt_rec.tr -geometry 800x400 -t "NO OF PACKET RECIVED AT SINK" -x "Time" -y "Receive packets" &

exec xgraph n5-pdr.tr n12-pdr.tr n11-pdr.tr n14-pdr.tr n0-pdr.tr -geometry 800x400 -t "Throughput-Perfomance-Evaluation" -x "Time" -y "Receive packets" &

exec xgraph n5-Bw.tr n12-Bw.tr n11-Bw.tr n14-Bw.tr n0-Bw.tr -geometry 800x400 -t "Bandwith" -x "Time" -y "Received bytes" &

exec xgraph n5-delay.tr n12-delay.tr n11-delay.tr n14-delay.tr n0-delay.tr -geometry 800x400 -t "End-to-End-Delay" -x "Time" -y "Received bytes" &


please help me.
vahitha

Not a subject I know much about, but is xgraph supposed to use
.tr files directly ?
Or should "out.tr" be filtered into a new file = "out.xgr" ?

Google .. ns2 display out.tr .. ( 1,000,000 hits ) Examples :
http://nile.wpi.edu/NS/example_srm.html

http://spectral.mscs.mu.edu/Net2008I...TML/node2.html
QUOTE : "awk filters the trace file out.tr using filter fil2.awk and
directs the output to out2.xgr (to be displayed with xgraph later on).
Same with fil4.awk and fil6.awk."
..

sir,
thankyou sir.
i need to know how to uninstall ns2.33 from fedora 12. i cannot delete ns-allinone-2.33 folder from root directory.
if i delete the message displays as "permission denied"
please tell me how to delete ns2 permanantly.
thankyou,
vahitha

Hang on a minute...
Why is this thread on the AIX forum?

Shouldn't it be over here:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/

hello Sir knudfl,

Your solution was fantastic and my nam worked perfectly well with your patch file. But after a few runs it failed to work again. It gave some weird message like.....


________________________________________________
nam:
[code omitted because of length]
: no event type or button # or keysym
while executing
"bind Listbox <MouseWheel> {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D / 120) * 4}] units
}"
invoked from within
"if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "classic" || [tk windowingsystem] eq "aqua"} {
bind Listbox <MouseWheel> {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D)}] units
}
bind Li..."
___________________________________________________


And when i tried.....


/ns-allinone-2.33/tk8.4.18$ patch -p0 < tk-8.4-lastevent.patch.txt


it gave a message like......
_________________________________________________________________

patching file generic/tk.h
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected! Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] y
Hunk #1 FAILED at 635.
1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file generic/tk.h.rej
__________________________________________________________________


Sir i am using Ubuntu 9.10 and in the middle of my college project. I will be always grateful to you if you could help me.


thank you
dev

Post # 11, @dev_crazy56 : Welcome to LQ. .. .. :) ..

Nam is a separate application : Any 'nam' can be used.
E.g. https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B7S25...=CLPiyxo&hl=en
> > nam-1.14.i586.tar.gz

Untar the package to /usr/local/bin/ : And it is in a system path.
Or 'tar xvf nam-1.14.i586.tar.gz' anywhere and : sudo cp nam /usr/local/bin/
> > Tested on Ubuntu 9.10 → → Works perfect.

More info here, post # 8
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...9/#post4287321

..

thank you so much sir for your interest.


I did as per your instruction and then......

______________________________________________________________________

debasish@debasish-laptop:~/Downloads/nam$ tar xvf nam-1.14.i586.tar.gz
nam-1.14.i586/
nam-1.14.i586/nam
debasish@debasish-laptop:~/Downloads/nam$ sudo cp nam /usr/local/bin/
[sudo] password for debasish:
cp: cannot stat `nam': No such file or directory
debasish@debasish-laptop:~/Downloads/nam$ sudo cp nam/usr/local/bin/
cp: missing destination file operand after `nam/usr/local/bin/'
Try `cp --help' for more information.
_______________________________________________________________________


and now whenever i try to run nam in my terminal it shows the same result.

_______________________________________________________________________

debasish@debasish-laptop:/usr/local/bin$ nam
nam:
[code omitted because of length]
: no event type or button # or keysym
while executing
"bind Listbox <MouseWheel> {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D / 120) * 4}] units
}"
invoked from within
"if {[tk windowingsystem] eq "classic" || [tk windowingsystem] eq "aqua"} {
bind Listbox <MouseWheel> {
%W yview scroll [expr {- (%D)}] units
}
bind Li..."

____________________________________________________________________________

But when i graphically go to usr/local/bin/ and double click on the 'nam' executable icon, it runs which is a little bit unsatisfactory.

sir i m purely a newbie, apologies for the trouble i m causing.....

sincerely dev

# 13

tar xvf nam-1.14.i586.tar.gz && cd nam-1.14.i586/ && sudo cp nam /usr/local/bin/


..

that worked perfectly sir,

thank you very much for you time,

dev

sorry to bother you sir,
where do I run './install' ?
in home/jeffrey/ns-allinone-2.33/tk-8.4.18 ?
or
in home/jeffrey ?

thank you

Post # 16, @helok : I think you already know where to run ./install
.. that's in the top directory, i.e. home/jeffrey/ns-allinone-2.33/.

AFAIK, you already have a 'nam' version 1.14 in /usr/local/bin/,
and you only need one nam for all versions of ns2.

Please read the above posts # 12 and # 14.

.

im using nam 1.13 sir
its included in ns-allinone-2.33

and ive just re-installed after patched tk8.4, and i tried to run 'ns simple.tcl'
it works really well Sir.
thank you so much Sir for your help

found error after installing s2
/home/happy1/ns-allinone-2.33/bin/ns: cannot execute binary file

Hello Sir,

I installed ns2.29 on Fedora 12. Unfortunately, NAM doesn't work.
I got same error. moreover, when I tried to download patch file, it doesn't work.
Could you please help me and send me a patch file and steps to implement it as well.

Thank you in advance and your help is appreciated.

this is me email. fehtiba@gmail.com

# 20

Better : Use the more advanced nam-1.14, post #4 here ..
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...04-a-842109/#4
I.e. : # cp nam /usr/local/bin/


If you anyway want to fix an old nam, the tk-8.4-lastevent.patch is here
ftp://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo-portage...astevent.patch

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command for patching please

---------- Post added 01-10-14 at 12:43 PM ----------

how to open binary nam

#22, @reemlus.

I guess you mean "How to achieve a working 'xgraph' ?
The answer is : $ sudo apt-get install xgraph
... If your OS isn't Debian / Ubuntu / Mint, please specify your OS :
a) $ uname -m
b) $ cat /etc/*release*


How to unpack a <package>.tar.gz : $ tar xvf <name>.tar.gz
... Or use your default 'Archive Manager'.

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Hi,
after the installation ns2.31 on fedora12, i had this same problem of nam (in the last line bind Li), to correct it i used the method of the patch. i downloaded the tk-8.4-lastevent.patch and i put it on tk-8.4.14 folder.

then i did this:

cd ns-allinone-2.33/tk-8.4.14/
patch -p0 < tk-8.4-lastevent.patch

and i ran ./install again.

after this i called the nam by nam command in the terminal, and i had this error:

how can i solve it, please?

Re #24.

First : Check if you created a usable nam : cd nam-1.14/ && ./nam
If nam is working : # make install
( 'make install' will copy 'nam' to /usr/local/bin/
... just like # cd ns-2.33/ && make install will copy 'ns' to /usr/local/bin/.
Therefore : No *PATH settings are required. No adding no *PATH to .bashrc ).

Else : Install a nam package. Much easier than a build. Is what most people do :

Download an el6 package for your architecture, i686 or x86_64.
i686 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...ew?usp=sharing
x86_64 https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...ew?usp=sharing

And : # cd Downloads/ && yum install nam-1.14-*



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Ok thank you, nam works now after using make install.

please, about the .bashrc file, when i am installing the ns2 after the ./install, it asked me to add path in .bashrc file, so i did it.

now when i added the patch of the nam(lastevent.patch) i did install agin so it asked me to add the path again while the path already exists.

This is my .bashcr file:
since you told me that i must not add path, so what i understand that i must delete those lines:
then i must do source .bashrc or something else or only delete them?

Thank you so much.

Re #26.
No. You are not asked to add any *PATH text to .bashrc .
It's just a ~15 year old text from those days when students used a University Computer.
The executable 'ns' or "ns-<any-name>" is hard coded to know the location of it`s libraries:
ns-allinone-2.3x/{ lib/*/*, bin/tcsh8* }. And 'nam' is partly statically compiled.
You can actually run 'nam' OK on a computer with no ns2 and no {tcl8*, tk8*}.

".bashrc" is a text file : Easy to edit.
Just select : View > Show Hidden Files in Nautilus / Konqueror.

The original .bashrc :

when i say it asked me to add path i mean this message tha appears at the end of ./install
sorry for asking again, but what i need now is only to remove the path from the .bashcr file? then i run this command again or not
"source .bashrc" ?

thank you.

Re #28 , the last century text, ~1999 ...
Please put .... ,, IMPORTANT NOTICES: You MUST put ..
.. was meant only for a "University Computer" :
.. i.e. when you had no write permissions to /usr/local/ : No # make install .

NS-2 is old. A lot of files still have leftover from the ninetieth.
So don't believe everything you read in the files or on the Internet.


$ source .bashrc
... is for adding stuff. Editing :
$ gedit .bashrc
.... ( Or whatever editor you prefer.)


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Thank you for the explanation.

I thought that the commande source is necessary after any modification in the .bashrc file ( i mean for the changes to take effect) .
So it is sufficient to do gedit .bashrc and save the file.

Thank you again.