How To Install ns3 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ns3 on Ubuntu 22.04. ns3 is discrete-event network simulator for Internet systems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ns3 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `ns3`

ns3 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 several utilities. The files for development are in libns3-3, libns3-dev and python3-ns3.

There are three methods to install ns3 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 ns3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ns3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ns3

Install ns3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ns3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ns3

Install ns3 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 ns3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ns3

How To Uninstall ns3 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ns3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ns3

Uninstall ns3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ns3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ns3

Remove ns3 Configurations and Data

To remove ns3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ns3

Remove ns3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ns3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ns3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ns3 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.