Hello people,
am new to linux and am trying to install NS2 on Fedora 14 running on VMware, the am following the instructions at: http://wpage.unina.it/marcello.caleffi/ns2/fedora.html , however, on step 5: tclcl installation am receiving the follow error and have tried to look at other posts but no luck, your help will be appreciated.

[root@localhost tclcl-1.18]# make
g++ -c -DNO_TK -DNDEBUG -DUSE_SHM -DHAVE_LIBOTCL1_12 -DHAVE_OTCL_H -DHAVE_LIBTK8_4 -DHAVE_TK_H -DHAVE_LIBTCL8_4 -DHAVE_TCLINT_H -DHAVE_TCL_H -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/usr/share/otcl-1.12 -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/share/tcl8.4.14/generic -I/usr/share/tcl8.4.14/generic -o Tcl.o Tcl.cc
Tcl.cc: In member function ‘void Tcl::eval(char*)’:
Tcl.cc:182:8: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc: In member function ‘int TclObject::traceVar(const char*, TclObject*)’:
Tcl.cc:421:50: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc: In static member function ‘static int TclClass::create_shadow(void*, Tcl_Interp*, int, const char**)’:
Tcl.cc:509:57: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc:511:61: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc: In static member function ‘static int TclClass::dispatch_instvar(void*, Tcl_Interp*, int, const char**)’:
Tcl.cc:566:35: error: invalid conversion from ‘const char*’ to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc:571:72: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc: In member function ‘virtual void TclClass::bind()’:
Tcl.cc:603:60: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
Tcl.cc:605:60: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’
make: *** [Tcl.o] Error 1
[root@localhost tclcl-1.18]# make install
/usr/bin/install -c -m 644 *.h /usr/local/include
/usr/bin/install -c tcl2c++ /usr/local/bin
/usr/bin/install -c libtclcl.a /usr/local/lib
/usr/bin/install: cannot stat `libtclcl.a': No such file or directory
make: *** [install] Error 1
[root@localhost tclcl-1.18]#

Welcome to LQ.

Fedora : The usual, for ns2 : # yum install \
gcc-c++ compat-gcc-34-c++ automake autoconf libtool libX11-devel \
libXext-devel libXau-devel libXmu-devel xorg-x11-proto-devel

And : cd ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/ &&
wget ftp://ftp.swin.edu.au/gentoo-portage...astevent.patch
&& patch -p0 < tk-8.4-lastevent.patch && cd ../ &&
export CC=gcc34 CXX=g++34 && ./install

I.e. using ns-allinone-2.34 is the proof method.
The "wpage.unina.it/marcello.caleffi/ns2/fedora" method will only allow
you to have one ns2 version installed.

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@knudfl thanks i managed to install and finished the validation with the final message all tests passed. But after rebooting i tried to run ns and received the error ns does not exist, by the way i installed ns-allinone-2.34 like u advised....

A practical way to have ns, nam in a system PATH :

cd ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/ ; su ; # make install
cd ../nam-1.14/ ; # make install

... And you get 'ns', 'nam' copied to /usr/local/bin/.

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Sorry to bother again, but i still don't get it, how do i run or start ns2. i finished all the installation but i cant still get to start it from command line. Am still familiarizing myself to Linux and ns2, please bear with me

When you have done # make install, like shown in post # 4 :

ns and nam can be executed in a terminal window from any location.
Both are now in a system PATH = /usr/local/bin/.

But if the files didn't get installed, you can of course not use 'ns'.

Did you get any error messages, when you did 'make install' ? ?

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Hello, thank you very much, i did the instructions in part #4 and it worked.
Thanks again. Hope to asking other things when am not clear or sure!

Hello
I have installed Fedora 14 and installed vmware work station 7 on it. but it is asking for kernel headers 2.6.35.6-45.fc14. my kernel version is also of same .
I have executed the command "yum installed kernel-headers-2.6.35.6-45.fc14*"
it is showing
"Setting up Install Process
Package kernel-headers-2.6.35.6-45.fc14.x86_64 already installed and latest version
Nothing to do"
can any one help me out in this regards ...

Post # 8, @channukya : Please do not hijack another members thread
with an off topic question. This thread is about "net simulator ns2".
Start a new thread instead.

""Kernel headers"" : # yum install kernel kernel-devel

.. And then reboot to use the new matching kernel / kernel-devel.

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i have fedore 13 (64-bit), can i install ns2 simulator on it. if yes does it give compatibility, n which version of ns2 will support. if no, what else can be done?
please help me

#10 , @prathibhahebbar.


Prerequisites, Fedora : See post #2.

ns-allinone versions 2.35 2.34 2.33 :
Usually the default gcc / g++ compiler version 4.4.4 will do. (Fedora 13, 32bits.)

This will always work for ns-allinone -2.28 .... -2.34 :
cd ns-allinone-2.xx/ && export CC=gcc34 CXX=g++34 && ./install

About the PATH* settings : Please see post #4.

A 64bits OS will create a slightly reduced result. Usable for the most simulations.

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thank u.

my system is 64 bit. can i use fedora (32 bit) on it?

#12.


Yes. A 64bits CPU will run all 32bits Linux OS.

keep in mind that fedora 13 is a dead version and so is 14
fedora 13 has not had any updates now for over 6 months , and it never will get any

fedora 16 is the current
Please stay current