How To Install libns3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libns3-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libns3-dev
libns3-dev is:
ns-3 is a discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems, targeted primarily for research and educational use. ns-3 is free software, licensed under the GNU GPLv2 license, and is publicly available for research, development, and use. ns-3 is intended as an eventual replacement for the popular ns-2 simulator. The project acronym “nsnam” derives historically from the concatenation of ns (network simulator) and NAM (network animator).
This package contains static libraries, header files.
There are three methods to install libns3-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libns3-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libns3-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libns3-dev
Install libns3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libns3-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libns3-dev
Install libns3-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libns3-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libns3-dev
How To Uninstall libns3-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libns3-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libns3-dev
Uninstall libns3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libns3-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libns3-dev
Remove libns3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libns3-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libns3-dev
Remove libns3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libns3-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libns3-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libns3-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.