hello sir
I m new in Linux. I m trying to install ns-allinone2.33 package in Ubuntu 10.04. according to step which I follow. i have already extract ns-allinone2.33package in home folder. bt I m getting problem in installing dependencies. when i write the command "$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev gcc-4.3", i m getting the message like "unable to fetch some archive, maybe run apt-get update or try with -fix-missing?". so because of that next steps are not working. please help me out.

Welcome to LQ.

The ns2 build prerequisites are : g++ automake libtool libxmu-dev
* Please install with :
"g++-4.3 / gcc-4.3" is a leftover from Ubuntu 9.10.
Also usable in 10.04 : Until about 'June 2011' !


The build of ns-allinone-2.33 goes like this :
1) Unpack ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz in /home/name/ (Not Desktop) :
$ tar xvf ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz
2) $ cd ns-allinone-2.33/
3) $ patch -p0 < otcl_ns234_gcc-4.4.patch
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...ew?usp=sharing
4) $ ./install
5) $ cd ns-2.33/
6) $ sudo make install


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Hello sir,
I am trying to install ns2.33 allinone package on ubuntu 10.04.I am using following steps,
1. Download ns-allinone-2.33.tar and place it in home folder.

2. Extract the file "ns-allinone-2.33.tar" manually by right clicking and by using "extract here" command or by,
$ cd /home/rabin
$ tar -xvf ns-allinone-2.33.tar

3. Download and install other packages like C++ compiler etc. by,
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev gcc-4.3

4. Edit "makefile.in"
$ cd ns-allinone-2.33/otcl-1.13
$ gedit Makefile.in
Find the line with
CC = @CC@
and Change it to
CC = gcc-4.3

5. Install ns2.33
$ cd ns-allinone-2.33
$ ./install

6. Add path in the .bashrc by puttiing the following lines in the file and Replace /home/rabin by your particular directory name /home/your name and save the file.

$ gedit ~/.bashrc

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/home/rabin/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=/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/tcl8.4.18/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB

# PATH
XGRAPH=/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/bin:/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/tk8.4.18/unix:/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/xgraph-12.1/
NS=/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/ns-2.33/
NAM=/home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/nam-1.13/
export PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

7. Validate the ns2.33

$ cd ns-2.33
$ ./validate

8. Create a symlink, so that it can be called from any directory

$ sudo ln -s /home/rabin/ns-allinone-2.33/ns-2.33/ns /usr/bin/ns
$ source ~/.bashrc

9. Run NS2.33
$ ns

10. Network animator nam requires additional patch to run.

As you have suggested in previous post to unpack the package by using command,
$ tar xvf ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz
I am getting the msg as follow,
tar:ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz:cannot open:No such file or Directory
tar:Error is not recoverable:existing now
And whatever changes you have given me in above step no.3 i.e as given below,
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install g++ automake libtool libxmu-dev
I am getting a error as per given below,
E=some index files failed to download,they have been ignored,or old ones used instead.
So please help me out sir.

Ubuntu 10.04 : End of life = 'May 9, 2013'
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
Solution : Replace the text in /etc/apt/sources.list with these new lines:

About the procedure in post #3 :
Don't believe everything you read on the Internet.
Most (99 percent) of the ns2 "tutorials" are written by young students,
who are using ns2 and a 'Linux OS' for the first time.
And their text is most often a copy of a text written by another young student.
* The year ~1999 text about adding some *PATH text to .bashrc :
Was intended to use for a "University Computer".
I.e. you had no write permissions to /usr/,
and was denied to do 'make install', to /usr/local/.
Today, 16 years later you can just do $ sudo make install
..... See post #2.

Nam : Please use the package nam-1.14-10_i386.deb
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7S...ew?usp=sharing
$ cd Downloads/
$ sudo dpkg -i nam-1.14-10_i386.deb

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Hello sir,
As you have stated in post#4 to replace the text in /etc/apt/sources.list ,so where I will get that?
And sir,you have not still answerd for unpacking the package.Is it compulsory to unpack the package by using command which you have given to me because I am getting problem which I have already stated in post#3.I have already unpacked that package by right clicking on package and using Extract Here option.So what should I do now? .By the time it becomes very much complicated for me.So pleaaaase help me sir.

Ref. post #5.
$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
... Then delete the current lines.
And next : Copy / paste the 8 new lines from post #4. Save and close.



? So what's your location when you try to do: $ tar xvf ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz
I.e. the first command is always $ pwd
... to decide your location.

And : The "home folder" is not the Desktop/.

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Hi sir,
Iam getting same error,
E=Some index files failed to download……
Even after doing the changes in /etc/apt/sources.list, as you have suggested previously.So what to do now?
And sir,I have already downloaded ns2.33 package and placed in home folder.But when I open the terminal and type that command,
tar xvf ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz
I get msg I.e No such file or Directory

Ref. post #7.

1) Error=Some index files failed to download .. :
Please confirm that /etc/apt/sources.list now has 8 lines.
Note : An error may not mean you cannot install packages.


2) No such file or Directory :
What's the location of 'ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz' ?
? What is the output from the command $ pwd

Sir,
1)I confirm you that,there are only 8 lines in /etc/apt/sources.list . still I am getting error as told before. And whatever note you have mentioned previously,is it mean that even after getting error ,I can proceed?.
2)As you have stated to use command i.e $ pwd on terminal ,I am getting result as below ,
/home/jyotsna

Repeat : What's the location of 'ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz' ?

!
Please make sure you have a copy of 'ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz' in /home/jyotsna/.
!



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Sir,
I am trying to say that,I have copied the package ns-allinone-2.33.tar.gz in home folder.So its location is in home folder okk. After this I opened the terminal & I used that command directly,so you mean to say I am going wrong?.And what about my first point in post #8.Sir,I am not getting what you are trying to say about unpacking and sorry for asking again & again, but help me.

First : Forget that you have read the faulty instructions you quoted in post #3.

And stick to the text in post #2.
... Just keep trying ... until you get an OK result.

Sir,
I am strictly following the steps you have given in post #2.And what about my 1'st point post #8.

Which of the links aren't working ?

? May be you could show a copy of your /etc/apt/sources.list

Hello sir,
I am delighted to say that my ns2.33 package has successfully installed.
Thank you very very much.I just followed your steps carefully and finally I got what I want.
Now, sir please tell me how to install nam package.