How To Install ns2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ns2-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ns2-dbg
ns2-dbg is:
Provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and multicast protocols over wired and wireless (local and satellite) networks. Ns-2 is written in C++ and an Object oriented version of Tcl called OTcl.
Ns began as a variant of the REAL network simulator in 1989 and has evolved substantially over the past few years. In 1995 ns development was supported by DARPA through the VINT project at LBL, Xerox PARC, UCB, and USC/ISI. Currently ns development is support through DARPA with SAMAN and through NSF with CONSER, both in collaboration with other researchers including ACIRI. Ns has always included substantal contributions from other researchers, including wireless code from the UCB Daedelus and CMU Monarch projects and Sun Microsystems.
This package contains debug symbols which can be used by gdb.
There are three methods to install ns2-dbg
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ns2-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ns2-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ns2-dbg
Install ns2-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ns2-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ns2-dbg
Install ns2-dbg 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 ns2-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ns2-dbg
How To Uninstall ns2-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ns2-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ns2-dbg
Uninstall ns2-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ns2-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ns2-dbg
Remove ns2-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove ns2-dbg
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ns2-dbg
Remove ns2-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ns2-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ns2-dbg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ns2-dbg
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.