NS-2.34 installation in Ubuntu 12.04

Follow the below given steps:

• Download ns-allinnone-2.34 from nasam website

             http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam/files/ns-2

• Create a folder in home with name ns2

•  Extract the tar file in ns2 

• Open terminal and type cd ns2/ns-allinone-2.34

•  Install required libraries for ns2 using terminal

            sudo apt-get install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev

•  Then, sudo ./install

For errors,


1.

ld: libotcl.so: hidden symbol `__stack_chk_fail_local' isn't defined
ld: final link failed: Bad value
make: *** [libotcl.so] Error 1
otcl-1.13 make failed! Exiting ...

Solution:
In otcl-1.13/configure, line number 6304

-SHLIB_LD="ld -shared"
+SHLIB_LD="gcc -shared"

2.
tools/ranvar.cc: In member function ‘virtual double GammaRandomVariable::value()’:
tools/ranvar.cc:219:70: error: cannot call constructor ‘GammaRandomVariable::GammaRandomVariable’ directly [-fpermissive]
tools/ranvar.cc:219:70: error:   for a function-style cast, remove the redundant ‘::GammaRandomVariable’ [-fpermissive]
make: *** [tools/ranvar.o] Error 1

Solution:
In ns-2.34/tools/ranvar.cc, line 219

-return GammaRandomVariable::GammaRandomVariable(1.0 + alpha_, beta_).value() * pow (u, 1.0 / alpha_);
+return GammaRandomVariable(1.0 + alpha_, beta_).value() * pow (u, 1.0 / alpha_);

3.
In file included from mac/mac-802_11Ext.cc:66:0:
mac/mac-802_11Ext.h: In member function ‘u_int32_t PHY_MIBExt::getHdrLen11()’:
mac/mac-802_11Ext.h:175:19: error: expected primary-expression before ‘struct’
mac/mac-802_11Ext.h:175:41: error: ‘dh_body’ was not declared in this scope
mac/mac-802_11Ext.h:175:51: error: ‘offsetof’ was not declared in this scope
mac/mac-802_11Ext.h:177:3: warning: control reaches end of non-void function [-Wreturn-type]
make: *** [mac/mac-802_11Ext.o] Error 1
Ns make failed!

Solution:
In mac/mac-802_Ext.h, line 65

+#include<cstddef>

4.
mobile/nakagami.cc: In member function ‘virtual double Nakagami::Pr(PacketStamp*, PacketStamp*, WirelessPhy*)’:
mobile/nakagami.cc:183:73: error: cannot call constructor ‘ErlangRandomVariable::ErlangRandomVariable’ directly [-fpermissive]
mobile/nakagami.cc:183:73: error:   for a function-style cast, remove the redundant ‘::ErlangRandomVariable’ [-fpermissive]
mobile/nakagami.cc:185:67: error: cannot call constructor ‘GammaRandomVariable::GammaRandomVariable’ directly [-fpermissive]
mobile/nakagami.cc:185:67: error:   for a function-style cast, remove the redundant ‘::GammaRandomVariable’ [-fpermissive]
make: *** [mobile/nakagami.o] Error 1

Solution:
In ns-2.34/mobile/nakagami.cc, Line no.

-if (int_m == m) {
-             resultPower = ErlangRandomVariable::ErlangRandomVariable(Pr/m, int_m).value();
-         } else {
-             resultPower = GammaRandomVariable::GammaRandomVariable(m, Pr/m).value();
-         }
-         return resultPower;
-    }

 +if (int_m == m) {
 +           resultPower = ErlangRandomVariable(Pr/m, int_m).value();
 +        } else {
 +            resultPower = GammaRandomVariable(m, Pr/m).value();
 +        }
 +       return resultPower;
 +   }

Path Setup:

• In terminal sudo gedit ~/.bash_aliases 
• Then copy the following path and modify according to your system path

# LD_LIBRARY_PATH
OTCL_LIB=/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/otcl-1.13
NS2_LIB=/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/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/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/library
USR_LIB=/usr/lib
export TCL_LIBRARY=$TCL_LIB:$USR_LIB

# PATH
XGRAPH=/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix
NS=/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/
NAM=/home/ramakrishna/ns2/ns-allinone-2.34/nam-1.14/
PATH=$PATH:$XGRAPH:$NS:$NAM

• Save the file and type source ~/.bash_aliases

 Now if you type ns in terminal it will show % symbol