[ns] ns-2 installation problem

[Sidney Doria]

Hi,

you must install a (more) complete Cygwin to solve this.

But a better better way to use NS-2 in Windows is install it on a
Virtual Machine with Linux.

I use virtualbox (virtualbox.org)
Ubuntu 8.10 32-bit (ubuntu.com)
NS-2 [newer] (http://sourceforge.net/projects/nsnam)

After download and install virtualbox, create a VM for Ubuntu.

Download and use Ubuntu 8.10 ISO image to mount a CD inside the VM
(this is easy with virtualbox)

Install Ubuntu.

>From the firefox inside Ubuntu, download NS-2 inside the VM.

Install NS-2.
ALERT! To install NS-2 on Ubuntu, you must use those commands before
(install some packs):

sudo aptitude install build-essential autoconf automake libxmu-dev

I promess you, after this step, NS-2 will install and work smoothly forever!

Follow the installation messages of NS-2.


Sidney Doria
UFCG / BRAZIL



2008/12/15 Bello Lawal <lawalimoriki at yahoo.com>:
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> i try to install ns in windows vista but it gives me the following error messege. Pls. who can help me out.
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> ''Checking for gcc........... NO!
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> package gcc is not present in your system.
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> Please install it using Cygwin's  setup.exe before
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> trying to install the ns-2 distribution''
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> Finally, i try it using Cygwin but it couldn't  work.
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Sidney Doria
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Mestrado em Computação
UFCG
Brasil

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