HOWTO get ns-3 running on Mac OS X Lion (10.7 Intel)

Nicholas Loulloudes

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1) Install XCode

You will find XCode in the App Store. Alternatively, you can download the most recent version of XCode from the Apple Developer Connection website (http://developer.apple.com/mac/). The XCode development environment includes the gcc compiler and critical libraries required to build applications to be run in Mac OS X. Mac OS X Lion, requires XCode 4.1+.

2) Install MacPorts

2.1) Download MacPorts package installer for Lion release version 2.02 from https://distfiles.macports.org/MacPorts/MacPorts-2.0.2-10.7-Lion.dmg

2.2) Click on the downloaded "pkg" file, to install MacPorts.

2.3) This will place a fully-functioning MacPorts installation on your system

3) Install Required packages for ns-3

3.1) Open a Terminal window and run each command to install the required package

3.2) Install Mercurial and Python:

>> sudo port install mercurial python26

3.3) Install Bzr

>> sudo port install bzr

3.4) Install LibXML

>> sudo port install libxml2

3.5) Install GDB

>> sudo port install gdbm

4) Download ns3 source code

>> hg clone http://code.nsnam.org/ns-3-allinone

>> cd ns-3-allinone

>> ./download.py

5) Build the local repository

>> ./build.py

6) Test the installation

>> cd ns-3-dev

>> ./test.py

Tien Viet Nguyen [K53]

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Sep 4, 2011, 11:28:27 PM9/4/11

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hey everybody, i've a problem when i install ns3. i downloaded ns3 and installed it via link http://wirelesscafe.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/how-to-install-ns3-on-linux/. But when i bult successfully, it showed a error as:

viet@viet:~/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12$ ./test.py

Waf: Entering directory `/home/viet/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12/build'

Waf: Leaving directory `/home/viet/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12/build'

'build' finished successfully (4.089s)

Modules built:

aodv applications bridge

config-store core csma

csma-layout dsdv emu

energy flow-monitor internet

lte mesh mobility

mpi netanim network

nix-vector-routing ns3tcp ns3wifi

olsr point-to-point point-to-point-layout

propagation spectrum stats

tap-bridge template test

tools topology-read uan

virtual-net-device visualizer wifi

wimax

Modules not built:

click openflow

0 of 0 tests passed (0 passed, 0 skipped, 0 failed, 0 crashed, 0 valgrind errors)

*** Note: ns-3 tests are currently disabled. Enable them by adding

*** "--enable-tests" to ./waf configure or modifying your .ns3rc file.

*** Note: ns-3 examples are currently disabled. Enable them by adding

*** "--enable-examples" to ./waf configure or modifying your .ns3rc file.

now what do i have to do?

thanks so much!

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Michael W.S. Yee

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Sep 4, 2011, 11:53:02 PM9/4/11

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hi, Tien. u can enable the test by running the command "./waf configure --enable-test --enable-examples" in the directory ns-3-dev. then run "./waf " to build ns-3. Once done, try to run "test.py" again.

Regards,

Michael W.S. Yee

Tien Viet Nguyen [K53]

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Sep 5, 2011, 12:30:10 AM9/5/11

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i don't find the directory ns-3-dev as you said. Can you get me its path? Thanks so much!

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Viet Nguyen Tien [K53]

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Sep 5, 2011, 12:34:30 AM9/5/11

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can you give me...

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Michael W.S. Yee

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Sep 5, 2011, 12:36:29 AM9/5/11

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it's the directory where i run "test.py", if u use the latest release version, then the directory name should be ns-3.12.

Regards,

Michael W.S. Yee

Viet Nguyen Tien [K53]

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Sep 5, 2011, 1:08:51 AM9/5/11

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thank you so much!. I done and i received result as above link. This my result:

viet@viet:~/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12$ ./waf --run myfirst

Waf: Entering directory `/home/viet/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12/build'

Waf: Leaving directory `/home/viet/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12/build'

'build' finished successfully (1.740s)

Sent 1024 bytes to 10.1.1.2

Received 1024 bytes from 10.1.1.1

Received 1024 bytes from 10.1.1.2

but i don't still understand when i type command "./waf", it show as:

Waf: Leaving directory `/home/viet/ns-allinone-3.12/ns-3.12/build'

'build' finished successfully (4m34.499s)

Modules built:

aodv applications bridge

config-store core csma

csma-layout dsdv emu

energy flow-monitor internet

lte mesh mobility

mpi netanim network

nix-vector-routing ns3tcp ns3wifi

olsr point-to-point point-to-point-layout

propagation spectrum stats

tap-bridge template test

tools topology-read uan

virtual-net-device visualizer wifi

wimax

Modules not built:

click openflow

why don't module openflow build?

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Michael W.S. Yee

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Sep 5, 2011, 1:28:46 AM9/5/11

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because it's not a necessary module of ns-3, if u need to use OpenFlow switches, u can see how to enable and install it in the file ns-3.12/src/openflow/doc/openflow-swithch.rst.

伟伟

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Sep 5, 2011, 8:29:54 AM9/5/11

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can u show me the packages you have installed? the output of mine is this:

Modules built:

aodv applications bridge

config-store core csma

csma-layout dsdv energy

flow-monitor internet lte

mesh mobility mpi

netanim network nix-vector-routing

ns3tcp ns3wifi olsr

point-to-point point-to-point-layout propagation

spectrum stats template

test tools topology-read

uan virtual-net-device visualizer

wifi wimax

Modules not built:

click emu openflow

tap-bridge

why is the emu and tap-bridge is not built?

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Tom Henderson

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Sep 5, 2011, 10:20:17 AM9/5/11

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On 09/05/2011 05:29 AM, 伟伟 wrote:
> can u show me the packages you have installed? the output of mine is this:
> Modules built:
> aodv applications bridge
> config-store core csma
> csma-layout dsdv energy
> flow-monitor internet lte
> mesh mobility mpi
> netanim network nix-vector-routing
> ns3tcp ns3wifi olsr
> point-to-point point-to-point-layout propagation
> spectrum stats template
> test tools topology-read
> uan virtual-net-device visualizer
> wifi wimax
>
> Modules not built:
> click emu openflow
> tap-bridge
> why is the emu and tap-bridge is not built?

They are not compatible with OS X, so they are disabled automatically by
waf. It may be possible to get those modules working with OS X but I
don't know if anyone has tried to make such changes.

Viet Nguyen Tien [K53]

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Sep 5, 2011, 10:26:08 PM9/5/11

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ok. thank Michael. i tested.

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Konstantinos

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Hi all,

A collegue of mine has some trouble installing ns-3 on Mac OS X (10.7). For some reason he can't post to this list (yet) so he asked me to forward his question.

I attach the outputs from ./waf configure and ./waf
The configure is successful but some libraries are missing (gtk+-2.0) and I think that that's the reason for the problem. He told me that he followed the instructions above to install it.

Any help would be appreciated.

Regards,
Konstantinos