ns installation wont let me do it on ubuntu 9.10

knudfl · 11-06-2009, 11:26 AM

To @ yasirimteyaz and @ joelits :
I never did it that way, but installed
otcl, tclcl, ns, nam to /usr/local/ , just
by doing # 'make install' after 'cd' into
each of those. ( Please see post # 6.)
Installs 18 ( small ) files in /usr/local/.
cd /usr/local/bin/
# strip *
( or sudo strip * , if Ubuntu.)
.. makes ns , nam smaller.

Some times it is possible to use the system tcl / tk .
And as not all Linux's needs " system tcl / tk ",
the tcl-8.4.18 / tk-8.4.18 from ns-allinone can be
installed too.

Then : No setting PATH at all, when all the binaries
are in a system path.
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Examples : LQ 'Main Menu' > Search > 'Tagname' = ns2
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ora-11-750634/
post # 13
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...sion.c-663612/
post # 13
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joelits · 11-06-2009, 01:36 PM

solved.. i introduce wrong versions xD

yasirimteyaz · 11-06-2009, 04:15 PM

Check out my latest blog on installing ns2 on Ubuntu 9.10 http://bit.ly/1DiXzB
It works perfectly with this method. No need to set path or environment.

knudfl · 11-07-2009, 04:47 AM

@yasirimteyaz # 18, thank you for the repo reference.
Installing ns, nam, otcl, tclcl, goes this way :

1) sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B3F3334F
2) sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
.. and add this line to the file :

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/wouterh/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

3) Start or restart 'synaptic', and ns (-2.33), nam (-1.13) are there.
.. "mitotcl", tclcl, tcl8.4, tk8.4 will be installed automatically as dependency.
.. And you have ns, nam in a system path per the recommandations in
this thread ... and thus : no setting no extra path's.

Notice this : ns provides /usr/bin/ns only, no other ns files,
so there is no reason to delete your already unpacked files.
( If the versions will fit.)
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A comment to your blog, concerning gcc-4.4 :
'otcl-1.13' compiles with no errors, gcc-4.4.0 ( Fedora 11 ) ,
gcc-4.4.1 ( pclos 2009.2 ), and gcc-4.4.1 in Mandriva 2010 ,
... but not with the gcc-4.4.1 supplied with Ubuntu 9.10 .
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foottuns · 11-09-2009, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foottuns

hello mate, is working thanks for your help, i didn't had to modify nothing, i did what you have told me and now is working perfectly as i was want it, thanks a lot i need it so much for my school project, cool.

i have a question to ask, i have to build a cluster with 100 pc what i am interested is in hardware, can you give me some advices regarding to this. thanks again and good luck...

Well mate I try to install it on my other computer and now I get this error, I did the building essential and install the gcc but the error is still here.

Code:

Build tcl8.4.18
============================================================
configure: WARNING: unrecognized options: --enable-gcc
checking whether to use symlinks for manpages... no
checking whether to compress the manpages... no
checking whether to add a package name suffix for the manpages... no
checking for gcc... gcc-4.3
checking for C compiler default output file name... 
configure: error: in `/home/mountain/ns/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix':
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details.
tcl8.4.18 configuration failed! Exiting ...
Tcl is not part of the ns project.  Please see www.Scriptics.com
to see if they have a fix for your platform.

foottuns · 11-09-2009, 04:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yasirimteyaz

Check out my latest blog on installing ns2 on Ubuntu 9.10 http://bit.ly/1DiXzB
It works perfectly with this method. No need to set path or environment.

that's a good tutorial, thanks for your help, it was very easy to install it...............

knudfl · 11-10-2009, 06:08 AM

# 20

Quote:

configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables

Generally about compilers : install g++ to get the packages,
that also makes gcc have full functionality.

sudo apt-get install \
g++ g++-4.3 build-essential libc6-dev linux-libc-dev

to be sure it all works.
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mzarei · 11-12-2009, 02:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Sorry, my mistake. The correct order seems to be
' CC=gcc-4.3 CXX=g++-4.3 ./install '

And, by the way, there are no c++ code in otcl,
so the 'CC=gcc-4.3 ./install' alone will probably do.

But as only ' otcl ' dislikes gcc-4.4.1, I will choose
this solution : Edit ' otcl-1.13/Makefile.in ', line 7

Code:

From :
CC=       @CC@

to :
CC=       gcc-4.3

... And ns-allinone-2.34 compiles on Ubuntu 9.10 with no errors.
I will attach the result of ' ./validate ' here when it has
finished.
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hi
after i do that i see this error :

Code:

checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking system version (for dynamic loading)... Linux-2.6.31-14-generic
No explicit static compilation flag; setting V_STATIC to ""
checking for dlopen in -ldl... yes
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
rm -f libotcl.so otcl.o so_locations
gcc-4.3 -c -g -O2 -DNDEBUG -DUSE_SHM -fpic -I. -I/home/mehdi/home/programmer/ns-allinone-2.34/include -I/home/mehdi/home/programmer/ns-allinone-2.34/include -I/home/mehdi/home/programmer/ns-allinone-2.34/include -I/include  otcl.c
make: gcc-4.3: Command not found
make: *** [libotcl.so] Error 127
otcl-1.13 make failed! Exiting ...

please help me

knudfl · 11-12-2009, 01:11 PM

@ mzarei , # 23 : Welcome to LQ.

Quote:

make: gcc-4.3: Command not found

Which Linux are you using ? ? Like Ubuntu 9.10 .. Fedora 11 .. etc.
Ubuntu 9.10 : install the package gcc-4.3 with the Package Manager
to get the command. Only Ubuntu 9.10 needs this modification. AFAIK.
'gcc-4.1' or 'gcc-3.x' are OK too, if available.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...Ask_a_Question
http://linuxsilo.net/docs/smart-questions_en.html
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mzarei · 11-12-2009, 11:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

Which Linux are you using ? ? Like Ubuntu 9.10 .. Fedora 11 .. etc.
Ubuntu 9.10 : install the package gcc-4.3 with the Package Manager

.

Hi
I using ubuntu 9.10
Tanks knudfl

Quote:

Ubuntu 9.10 : install the package gcc-4.3 with the Package Manager

it's working
I also validate it and "validate overall report: all tests passed"
But in validation process I saw this "warning: Route to base_stn not known: dropping pkt"

Is it important?

knudfl · 11-13-2009, 02:24 AM

# 25
A warning is mostly an information.

If it had any importance, the result would have been
different from " All tests passed ".
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" Not all tests passed " is when you will have to
repeat some tests manually.
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marioma · 04-14-2010, 07:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by knudfl

@yasirimteyaz # 18, thank you for the repo reference.
Installing ns, nam, otcl, tclcl, goes this way :

1) sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys B3F3334F
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Dears, when I use this command, I get this error!

Quote:

mariam@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install \g++ g++-4.3 build-essential libc6-dev linux-libc-dev
E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?

knudfl · 04-15-2010, 02:54 AM

@ marioma, post # 27 : Welcome to LQ. ..

..

sudo apt-get install g++ g++-4.3 libc6-dev linux-libc-dev
( build-essential is mostly for building debian / ubuntu packages.)
And if you could run ./install in ns-allinone-2.xx,
you already have g++, etc. See post # 2 for other requirements.
And please see post # 6 for installing the binaries + libraries.

""E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open
(11: Resource temporarily unavailable)"" :
Either an automatic update is running, and / or you are using
the package manager ( 'synaptic' ).
Suggest : shut down Synaptic, if it's open, and for some
updates : wait, until the process stops.
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yasirimteyaz · 04-15-2010, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marioma

Dears, when I use this command, I get this error!

looks like synaptic manager is open when u r trying to run this command.

firstly close all synaptic windows and then run the command.

marioma · 04-16-2010, 10:19 AM

Dear Knudfl & Yasir
Thanks a lot for your kind help
First I'd like to inform you with my environment, I am trying to install ns-allinone-2.34 on Ubuntu 9.10.
Knudfl, you are right my automatic update is running and still needs about 3 hours to finish

after that I will try to follow your steps and hope that is work with me.
Yasir, I went to your blog "http://ns2onubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/11/easiest-way-to-install-ns2-on-ubuntu.html" but you said that "u can't make changes to C++ source files to recompile it...Make it clear that you installed it through ppa not by ns-allinone package, so ns-allinone files is of no use except for using examples and protocols already implemented"
so now I am asking, this means that if I need to create a new protocol which is not included in NS2 packages or to update in an existing one, I couldn't use your blog steps to install NS2, therefor I should go to ns2-allinone package...

being as a new memeber at Linux world, really need your help
Thanks in advance
Mariam