Install ns-3.32 on Ubuntu 20.04

 

1. $ sudo apt-get update

2. $ sudo apt-get upgrade

3. $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rock-core/qt4

4. $ sudo apt update

5. $ sudo apt upgrade

6. $ sudo apt-get install gcc g++ python python-dev libgtk-3-dev wireshark gnuplot

7. $ sudo apt install qt4-dev-tools libqt4-dev

8. $ sudo apt install libqtcore4 libqtgui4

9. $ sudo apt install doxygen valgrind sqlite3

10. $ sudo apt-get install libgsl-dev

11. $ sudo apt-get install pkg-config

12. $ sudo apt-get install graphviz

13. $ sudo apt-get install libgcrypt20-dev

14. $ sudo apt-get install lldpd snmp

15. $ sudo apt-get install dpdk-dev libdpdk-dev dpdk

16. $ sudo apt-get install castxml

17. $ sudo apt-get install mpi

18. $ pip3 install pygccxml

19. $ pip3 install graphviz

20. $ pip3 install kiwi

21. download https://www.nsnam.org/releases/ns-3-32/

22. $ tar xjf ns-allinone-3.32.tar.bz2

23. $ cd ns-allinone-3.32

24. $ cd ns-3.32

25. $ export CPPFLAGS="-Wno-error"

26. $ ./waf configure --enable-examples --enable-tests

27. $ ./waf build

This is a step by step recipe for installing ns-3.32, the network simulator, on Ubuntu 20.04, including the compiler, Python, and supporting packages it needs to build.

Pinning a specific ns-3 version and OS makes results reproducible, which matters for research. Newer ns-3 releases change some dependencies, so follow the notes that match your version.