HOW TO INSTALL NS2.34 IN CENT-OS - SPIRO THE TECH GURU

High speed Internet connection is recommended for faster download and installation.

On before that you need to install the following packages

yum install autoconf
yum install automake
yum install gcc-c++
yum install libX11-devel
yum install libX-devel
yum install libXt-devel
yum install libXmu-devel
yum install xorg-x11-proto-deve
finally
yum update audit

First download ns2.34

Go to the downloaded location just click ns2.34 and right click extract here

or else

Go to the terminal just type the following command:

tar -zxvf ns-allinone-2.34.tar.gz

Go to the folder location where you extract the ns2.34 allinone package in my side i extract in desktop.

Just type in the terminal cd ns-allinone-2.34 in this folder you see the one install file.

Now type in ./install in the terminal.

Now it will take 5 to 10 minutes to install depends upon the your cpu speed after a long time you see the important notice in terminal window.

Now open a new terminal and type gedit .bashrc a new window will open. under the # .bashrc

export PATH=/root/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/root/Desktop/ns-allinone- 2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/root/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/root/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13:/root/Desktop
/ns-allinone-2.34/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=/root/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library
export TK_LIBRARY=/root/Desktop/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library

Just copy and paste

With out any space and save then close the window
Now type the source ~/.bashrc

You can check what is written in your path by writing

echo $PATH
echo $TCL_LIBRARY
echo $LD_LIBRARY_PATH
echo $TK_LIBRARY

Now, the installation has been completed.

Type the nam command in terminal the nam window will open.