'ns3' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Johny Why

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Apr 6, 2023, 8:30:56 PM4/6/23

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Installing on Windows (WSL).

What am i missing?

I've done everything in the Installation pdf up to and including "2.2 Download". But i did everything at a Windows command line, not a Linux command-line. (i don't think i have a Linux command-line -- the installation guide doesn't show msys installation until the later chapter

https://www.nsnam.org/docs/installation/ns-3-installation.pdf

Here's the contents of the dirs:

```

c:\ns-allinone-3.38\ns-3.38>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 24DB-CF61

Directory of c:\ns-allinone-3.38\ns-3.38

04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> .
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> ..
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 682 .clang-format
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 1,686 .clang-tidy
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 691 .editorconfig
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> .vscode
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 13,148 AUTHORS
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> bindings
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> build-support
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 193,039 CHANGES.md
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 5,777 CMakeLists.txt
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> contrib
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 18,354 CONTRIBUTING.md
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> doc
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> examples
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 17,987 LICENSE
04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> ns-3-dev
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 71,013 ns3
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 4,587 README.md
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 197,019 RELEASE_NOTES.md
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> scratch
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> src
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 83,622 test.py
04/06/2023 04:25 PM <DIR> utils
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 4,219 utils.py
03/16/2023 08:54 PM 5 VERSION
14 File(s) 611,829 bytes
12 Dir(s) 36,310,728,704 bytes free

```

c:\ns-allinone-3.38\ns-3.38\ns-3-dev>dir
Volume in drive C has no label.
Volume Serial Number is 24DB-CF61

Directory of c:\ns-allinone-3.38\ns-3.38\ns-3-dev

04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> .
04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> ..
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 682 .clang-format
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 1,686 .clang-tidy
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 163 .codespellrc
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 691 .editorconfig
04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> .git
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 42 .gitattributes
04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> .github
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 474 .gitignore
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 6,841 .mailmap
04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> .vscode
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 13,148 AUTHORS
04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> bindings
04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> build-support
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 193,039 CHANGES.md
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 5,777 CMakeLists.txt
04/06/2023 04:32 PM <DIR> contrib
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 18,354 CONTRIBUTING.md
04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> doc
04/06/2023 04:33 PM <DIR> examples
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 17,987 LICENSE
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 71,013 ns3
04/06/2023 04:32 PM 4,587 README.md
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 197,019 RELEASE_NOTES.md
04/06/2023 04:33 PM <DIR> scratch
04/06/2023 04:33 PM <DIR> src
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 83,622 test.py
04/06/2023 04:52 PM <DIR> utils
04/06/2023 04:33 PM 4,219 utils.py
04/06/2023 04:52 PM 5 VERSION
18 File(s) 619,349 bytes
13 Dir(s) 36,310,282,240 bytes free

```

Gabriel Ferreira

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Apr 6, 2023, 9:46:35 PM4/6/23

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Use `python` or `python3` before calling `ns3`. Windows command line does not support shebang lines.

Johny Why

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Apr 7, 2023, 3:31:04 AM4/7/23

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If possible, I'd like to suggest you put that information in the installation guide. That would be helpful!

Gabriel Ferreira

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Apr 7, 2023, 6:40:33 AM4/7/23

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I was pretty sure it was there somewhere, but apparently isn't. Added that to my backlog.

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